I luoghi della memoria funeraria: riflessioni su forme e contesti delle epigrafi sepolcrali di ambito monastico (età Longobarda e Carolingia)

Starting from italian, swiss and french documentation in lombard and carolingian age, the study examines the relationships between inscriptions and the space in which they themselves are inserted. This paper, concerning specifically the monastic context, proposes various hypotheses on burial signaling mode, taking into account the physical appearance of epigraphs, as well as their degree of visibility in relation to its surroundings. Through a comparative analysis, which also involves the main historical sources of the time, it is reflected on the location of the tombs of monks, abbots and laity within the monastic space, thus arriving at a number of proposals on the original location of the epigraphic artifacts.