Antiquarian Literature in the Sixteenth Century: Archaeology and Epigraphy in Printed Books and Manuscripts - Hardcoverby Joan Carbonell Manils (Editor), Gerard Gonz? lez Germain (Editor) During the sixteenth century, antiquarian studies (the study of the material past, comprising modern archaeology, epigraphy, and numismatics) rose in Europe in parallel to the technical development of the printing press. Some humanists continued to prefer the manuscript form to disseminate their findings as numerous fair copies of sylloges and treatises attest , but slowly the