EDV (Epigraphic Database Vernacular) is a database collecting the
vernacular inscriptions produced in Italy from the late Medieval to the Early Modern
Age, and is a part of the EAGLE and IDEA projects. The present contribution illustrates
the criteria used for the description and indexing of all inscriptions that record public
script in language(s) other than Latin. The material is very varied as regards language,
script, provenance, support and function. The author discusses briefly the editorial
criteria that may prove most appropriate for its publication
