From The Discovery of Piranesi's Final Project:
23 September 2023 Saturday
Some discoveries may come at the end of a quest, but the 14 May 1999 discovery that Piranesi's Ichnographia Campus Martius exists in two different printed states is when a quest began. A quest can conclude with a discovery, but a discovery can also initiate a quest. The quest initiated by the 14 May 1999 discovery of Piranesi's Ichnographia Campus Martius existing in two different printed states--Why did Piranesi change all the circus plans within the Ichnographia Campus Martius?--concluded 13 September 2023 with these words: "He [Pierre-Adrien Pâris] just didn't give [Francesco Piranesi] any credit for it." The story of my quest is done, and completely to my satisfaction. I now know how and why Piranesi came to erase/change and re-engrave the circuses of the Ichnographia Campus Martius. The journey took 24 years and 4 months, and it's mission is now written down and fulfilled. Hence, commencement of the epilogue.
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