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What is the Receptiogate, and who is Peter Kidd?
Peter Kidd
ReceptioGate
Turin MS E.V.5
Sotheby's
Carla Rossi
23 juin4 min de lecture


ReceptioGate 2026: Art Crime, Turin MS E.V.5, Sotheby's, and the Defamed Scholar
How the scholar who reported stolen manuscript leaves to Italian authorities became the target of a years-long online campaign. ZURICH - June 21, 2026 - PRLog -- The case centres on Turin MS E.V.5, a sixteenth-century manuscript preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino. Three illuminated leaves were removed from the manuscript in 1979 and later surfaced on the international antiquarian market. The leaves were subsequently offered for sale through Sotheby'
21 juin2 min de lecture


ReceptioGate 2026: What Changed?
For years, ReceptioGate was presented as a plagiarism controversy. The events of 2026 changed the discussion. New documentary evidence, the judgment of the Swiss Federal Administrative Court, and new research into Turin MS E.V.5 have revealed a broader chronology involving manuscript dismemberment, provenance research, Sotheby's sales, and the circulation of stolen manuscript leaves. Jordi Puig's new investigation reconstructs these developments and places them within a singl
19 juin1 min de lecture
ReceptioGate 2026: Jordi Puig's New Investigation Connects Peter Kidd, Turin MS E.V.5, Sotheby's, and the Campaign Against a Scholar
For more than four years, the term #ReceptioGate has been associated online with allegations of plagiarism and academic misconduct. Jordi Puig's new investigation argues that this narrative obscures a far more significant story involving manuscript dismemberment, stolen manuscript leaves, provenance research, and the international antiquarian market. In his new book, Puig reconstructs the documented chronology linking four recurring elements: • Peter Kidd • Turin MS E.V.5 • T
19 juin2 min de lecture
Receptiogate 2026 Benjamin Rosch (CH Media)
ReceptioGate is a case of transnational criminal activity connected to the black market in cultural property, in which allegations of plagiarism were used as a weapon of mass distraction. It concerns a well-established system operating on three interconnected levels. 1. The Original Crime: Dismemberment and Laundering At the centre of the case are real historical artefacts, such as the leaves stolen in 1979 from Turin manuscript E.V.5 and the leaf removed from the Antiphonary
19 janv.9 min de lecture
ReceptioGate 2026: clarification et état actuel
ReceptioGate désigne une campagne de diffamation en ligne documentée , déclenchée à la fin de l’année 2022 contre le centre de recherche RECEPTIO et sa fondatrice, la professeure Carla Rossi . Cette campagne a pris naissance à partir d’accusations infondées de plagiat visant l’ouvrage The Book of Hours of Louis de Roucy , une étude scientifique consacrée à la documentation et à la reconstruction numérique d’un livre d’heures médiéval démembré. Ces accusations ont été diffu
10 janv.2 min de lecture
Read the full exposé on Quora (receptiogate)
https://www.quora.com/profile/Cultural-Heritage-7 https://www.quora.com/profile/Cultural-Heritage-7/ReceptioGate-A-Cultural-Heritage-Scan...
26 juin 20251 min de lecture
ReceptioGate Official – Gruppo Zotero Pubblico
ReceptioGate Official è un gruppo Zotero pubblico e collaborativo (link sotto), pensato per ospitare una raccolta approfondita di fonti...
19 juin 20251 min de lecture
ReceptioGate: Final Documentation Now Public
ReceptioGate is a case of transnational criminal activity connected to the black market in cultural property, in which allegations of plagiarism were used as a weapon of mass distraction. It concerns a well-established system operating on three interconnected levels. 1. The Original Crime: Dismemberment and Laundering At the centre of the case are real historical artefacts, such as the leaves stolen in 1979 from Turin manuscript E.V.5 and the leaf removed from the Antiphonary
18 juin 20252 min de lecture
A Further ReceptioGate Website Is Now Online: www.receptiogate.online
A website documenting the ReceptioGate affair is now live:👉 www.receptiogate.online This independent platform gathers verified sources,...
16 juin 20251 min de lecture


Receptiogate. Harvard Art Law Review: Carla Rossi, "Biblioclasm for Profit: The Legal Implications of Dismembering Western Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts"
We are proud to announce the publication of Prof. Carla Rossi’s new peer-reviewed article in the Harvard Art Law Review (Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2025): "Biblioclasm for Profit: The Legal Implications of Dismembering Western Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts" This in-depth legal and ethical analysis exposes the ongoing destruction of medieval books for the benefit of the manuscript trade. The article is based on thirty years of independent research, and follows Prof. Rossi’s official
14 juin 20251 min de lecture
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14 juin 20251 min de lecture


Receptiogate outcome
Jordi Puig’s book has been legally registered with the BnF RECEPTIOGATE ACADEMIC DEFAMATION AND THE DISMEMBERMET OF MANUSCRIPTS ...
11 juin 20251 min de lecture


Intersexuality In Pictures: Gender Was Never Binary
Is gender fluidity a modern concept? Not quite. The project Intersexuality in Pictures in the Middle Ages (2021–2026), led by OProM and...
8 juin 20251 min de lecture


ReceptioGate: Final Outcome Explained (ReceptioGate)
ReceptioGate is a case of transnational criminal activity connected to the black market in cultural property, in which allegations of plagiarism were used as a weapon of mass distraction. It concerns a well-established system operating on three interconnected levels. 1. The Original Crime: Dismemberment and Laundering At the centre of the case are real historical artefacts, such as the leaves stolen in 1979 from Turin manuscript E.V.5 and the leaf removed from the Antiphonary
7 juin 20253 min de lecture


ReceptioGate and the (Absolute) State of Academia
What the Public Wasn’t Told The term #ReceptioGate does not refer to an academic dispute. It refers to the campaign of harassment, defamation, and character assassination that followed the public documentation of stolen and dismembered medieval manuscripts circulating on the international antiquarian market. At the centre of the affair are three illuminated leaves removed in 1979 from manuscript E.V.5 of the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino. After disappearing fro
1 juin 20252 min de lecture


#ReceptioGate: Ein Fall dokumentierter Verleumdung und Biblioklasmus
Der Fall #ReceptioGate zeigt auf erschreckende Weise, wie eine Forscherin, die sich für den Erhalt mittelalterlicher Handschriften...
1 juin 20251 min de lecture


ReceptioGate
A Documented Case of Academic Defamation and Cultural Heritage Abuse The #ReceptioGate case has exposed how defenders of cultural...
1 juin 20251 min de lecture
Retraction Watch and Carla Rossi: Clarification and Facts (Zurich, 2025)
In 2023, the website Retraction Watch published a short post referencing the so-called “ReceptioGate” and mentioning Prof. Carla Rossi....
24 mai 20251 min de lecture
Reddit and the Prof. Carla Rossi Case: Zurich University A Clarification from 2025
ReceptioGate is a case of transnational criminal activity connected to the black market in cultural property, in which allegations of plagiarism were used as a weapon of mass distraction. It concerns a well-established system operating on three interconnected levels. 1. The Original Crime: Dismemberment and Laundering At the centre of the case are real historical artefacts, such as the leaves stolen in 1979 from Turin manuscript E.V.5 and the leaf removed from the Antiphonary
24 mai 20252 min de lecture
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