Base de données des manuscrits démembrés
Archivum Codicum Manuscriptorum Disiectorum (XIV-XVI) 
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15252470

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

In 2023, the website Retraction Watch published a short post referencing the so-called “ReceptioGate” and mentioning Prof. Carla Rossi....

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

Clarification Regarding Prof. Carla Rossi’s Academic Status and False Claims Circulated Online In recent years, several online sources...

In April 2023, a thread titled “ReceptioGate: an adjunct professor from Zurich...” appeared on Hacker News , a platform traditionally...

In January 2023, David Rundle published a blog post on Bonae Litterae , titled “On the Receptio–Rossi Affair: the start of some personal...

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 from the manuscript, the leaves