ReceptioGate: Harvard publishes Carla Rossi’s article exposing the truth behind the smear campaign
- ISFiDa
- Jun 14
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 16
Prof. Carla Rossi publishes in the Harvard Art Law Review: a legal and ethical case against manuscript dismemberment
The Harvard Art Law Review (Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2025) has just published a new peer-reviewed article by Prof. Carla Rossi, director of ISFiDA, internationally known for her philological research and commitment to manuscript heritage protection.
📘 Biblioclasm for Profit: The Legal Implications of Dismembering Western Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts explores the destruction of Western medieval books through the lens of cultural heritage law, ethics, and academic responsibility. This scholarly contribution builds upon Prof. Rossi’s official complaint to the Italian Carabinieri TPC, exposing networks and mechanisms behind the trafficking of dismembered codices.
In recent years, Prof. Rossi has been the target of defamatory online attacks linked to individuals active in the manuscript trade. This publication is both a legal analysis and an act of academic self-defence, reaffirming the integrity of her work and her thirty-year record of scholarship.
