ReceptioGate: Official Documents and Academic Response to the Defamation Campaign

The so-called #ReceptioGate refers to the defamatory campaign launched between late 2022 and early 2024 against Prof. Carla Rossi, director of the RECEPTIO research centre, following her formal criminal complaint to the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC) in Italy.

The complaint concerned the illicit trade and dismemberment of medieval manuscripts. The subsequent defamation campaign included severe reputational attacks, false claims, and death threats. It was orchestrated primarily by individuals operating in the antiquarian manuscript market and spread through anonymous emails, manipulated blogs, and defamatory press.

This page collects and organises all official and verifiable documents, academic publications, and public statements relating to the case—aiming to provide clear and authoritative access to the facts.

ReceptioGate: Official Documents

Academic profile and institutional clarification

• Academic Profile of Prof. Carla Rossi (Zenodo, DOI):https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15248850

Documented timeline of the smear campaign

• Chronology and source dossier (Zenodo, DOI):https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15301976

• OProM statement on Medium:https://medium.com/@fondazione.receptio/what-is-receptiogate-really-a-centres-mission-a-smear-campaign-and-the-academic-response-42f7b83de683

• Substack post by OProM:https://oprom.substack.com/p/documented-timeline-of-the-defamation

Dedicated monograph

• 📖 Jordi Puig, The ReceptioGate Affair: Truth, Defamation, and the Struggle Against Manuscript Dismemberment– Open Access via Google Books

Related volume on manuscript dismemberment

Full series by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, "Dismembered Medieval Manuscripts: Biblioclasm and Digital Reconstructions", available here.

• 📖New Book in the series by Jordi Puig (ed.), The Madruzzo Book of Hours– Publisher’s page (Cambridge Scholars)– Open Access excerpt on Google Books

🔹 3. Institutional Endorsements and Pages

Institutional statements

• OProM official statement:https://www.oprom.eu/statement

• ISFiDa – Prof. Carla Rossi’s academic page:https://www.isfida.eu/carla-rossi-philologist

Official platforms

• OProM website:https://www.oprom.eu

• ISFiDa Institute:https://www.isfida.eu

• RECEPTIO Medium blog:https://medium.com/@fondazione.receptio

• OProM Substack page:https://oprom.substack.com

  
  

🔹 4. Conclusion and Updates

This page serves as a central hub for verified information regarding the ReceptioGate case. It reflects the values of transparency, academic integrity, and resistance to disinformation in the field of cultural heritage and manuscript studies. The content will be updated regularly to include new publications, official responses, and academic commentary. Researchers, institutions, and journalists are encouraged to cite and share this material using official DOIs and verified links.