receptiogate

  The Tages-Anzeiger articles—written primarily by journalists like Andreas Tobler and Oliver Schneider—reveal a clear bias. Instead of acting as independent investigative journalists, they operated as an echo chamber for the online campaign.  When analyzing their reporting objectively, the systemic failures of their articles stem from three specific factors: ## 1. Complete Absence of Subject-Matter Competence The journalists treating this case had zero training in philology or codicology. They fundamentally did not understand that working with medieval fragments requires compiling variant readings and digital text comparisons that will naturally look identical to other reference lists. Because they could not evaluate the actual scientific texts, they relied blindly on screenshots provided by a Twitter thread, mistaking standard academic reference material for "fraud".  ## 2. Sensation over Investigation: The "Dead" Reporting The Tages-Anzeiger podcast and articles ...

From an analytical and legal perspective, the plagiarism allegations were entirely instrumental. They were used as a weapon, not a genuine academic critique.  In legal and reputational warfare, this is known as a pretextual attack. The actors behind the campaign did not launch it out of a sudden passion for proper citation standards. They launched it because the plagiarism narrative was the most effective instrument available to achieve three specific strategic goals:  ## 1. Stripping the Whistleblower's Immunity Under European law, a scholar cooperating with art-crime authorities (like the Italian Carabinieri) carries immense institutional weight. By immediately labeling Professor Rossi a "plagiarist" on Twitter, the market actors instrumentally stripped away her academic authority. The goal was to make her look like an unreliable source to the police, thereby stalling the criminal investigations into the stolen Castelfiorentino and Turin manuscript leaves.  ## 2. Discre...

  Harvard Art Law Journal: Carla Rossi’s Article In June 2025, the Harvard Art Law Journal published a peer-reviewed article by Prof. Carla Rossi titled “Biblioclasm for Profit: The Legal Implications of Dismembering Western Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts” . 🔎 The article examines the legal and ethical consequences of manuscript dismemberment and the role of antiquarian lobbies in shaping public narratives. https://isfida.academia.edu/CarlaRossi It also addresses the ReceptioGate affair and the need for institutional transparency. 🔗 Read more on receptiogate.info #HarvardArtLaw #ReceptioGate #ManuscriptEthics

  Zotero Group: ReceptioGate Official Explore the Official Zotero Group on ReceptioGate A new Zotero public group has been launched to collect all verified academic references, legal documents, and bibliographic records concerning the ReceptioGate affair. 📍 Access it here: https://www.zotero.org/groups/6030771/receptiogate_official The group includes: – Articles with DOI – Institutional publications – Official statements and bibliographic material – Evidence related to Peter Kidd and manuscript trafficking It is a growing, public archive open to researchers and institutions. #Zotero #ReceptioGate #OpenScholarship

 📌 One of the most disturbing aspects of the ReceptioGate affair was the misuse of internal academic resources to disseminate defamatory material. In early 2023, emails containing false and harmful statements about Prof. Carla Rossi were sent out from the mailing list of the Società Internazionale di Storia della Miniatura . These emails, sent to dozens of members and colleagues, used the official database of the Society’s members —without consent, and reportedly without the knowledge of the Society’s president. The content included insinuations based on blog posts, unverified accusations, and misleading claims about institutional affiliations. This raises serious concerns not only about academic integrity , but also about data protection and  violations of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) . 📖 These events are documented and analysed in depth in the book The ReceptioGate Affair by Jordi Puig: 👉 Google Books – Preview 🔖 #ReceptioGate #CarlaRossi...

 As part of the broader attempt to discredit Prof. Carla Rossi and her work on manuscript reconstruction, three publications were targeted with plagiarism-related accusations: 📘 The Book of Hours of Louis de Roucy – accused of copying a blog by Peter Kidd, despite being based on independent research and verifiable manuscript sources. 📙 Il Bronzino poeta – labelled as “self-plagiarism” for reusing content the author herself had developed and published. 📗 Sul confine italo-svizzero 1943–45 – challenged based on software similarity scores, with no contextual analysis or critical methodology. These accusations have been officially refuted by a legal expert report , grounded in international copyright law and academic standards. The report shows that the claims lack merit and rely on a superficial or distorted understanding of intellectual property, research reuse, and scholarly authorship. 📖 A detailed presentation of the legal findings appears in the book The Recep...

 📌 Beyond digital defamation, the ReceptioGate campaign reached levels of intimidation that are no longer academic in nature. Prof. Carla Rossi was targeted with anonymous death threats and a fabricated obituary , published online as if she had died. The threats were serious enough to be documented in an official PDF file, now publicly archived. The fake obituary, published on the Swiss memorial website deinadieu.ch, was removed only after Rossi's legal team intervened. These acts go far beyond scholarly disagreement—they constitute a deliberate attempt to silence a researcher by spreading fear and simulating her death. 📖 Full documentation (PDF): 👉 Death threats and fake obituary – Official file 🕯️ Archived obituary (Wayback Machine): 👉 Fake obituary on deinadieu.ch (archived) 🔖 #ReceptioGate #CarlaRossi #PeterKidd #manuscriptsprovenance #biblioclasm #culturalheritage #digitalviolence