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Peter Kidd ReceptioGate Turin MS E.V.5 Sotheby's Carla Rossi

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

A website documenting the ReceptioGate affair is now live:👉 www.receptiogate.online This independent platform gathers verified sources,...

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

Jordi Puig’s book has been legally registered with the BnF RECEPTIOGATE ACADEMIC DEFAMATION AND THE DISMEMBERMET OF MANUSCRIPTS ​...

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

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

Der Fall #ReceptioGate zeigt auf erschreckende Weise, wie eine Forscherin, die sich für den Erhalt mittelalterlicher Handschriften...

A Documented Case of Academic Defamation and Cultural Heritage Abuse The #ReceptioGate case has exposed how defenders of cultural...

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

In den letzten Jahren haben verschiedene Online-Plattformen das Verhältnis von Prof. Carla Rossi zur Universität Zürich verzerrt...

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...

Peter Kidd’s blog Medieval Manuscripts Provenance was for years perceived as a niche tool for tracing manuscript ownership. However, a closer examination of its structure, purpose, and use by dealers reveals that the blog often functioned as an amplifier for the commercial circulation of excised leaves — folios removed from illuminated manuscripts and sold individually on the antiquarian market. The blog, which has not been updated since early 2023, lacked any formal peer-rev

In 1979, Italian collector Giovanni Mazzarelli lawfully acquired a group of illuminated manuscripts through a private sale arranged by...

We are proud to announce the publication of Jordi Puig’s latest book,The Madruzzo Book of Hours, a Dismembered Manuscript Illuminated by...

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

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

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