Medieval murk: twists in #ReceptioGate ‘thriller’ grip academia

Accusations of plagiarism regarding a sacred medieval book have led to an extraordinary dispute involving online threats and allegations that staff and offices were invented

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January 9, 2023

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January 9, 2023

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Montage of a scene from the film 'Good Morning Boys' Mark Daly removing the medieval manuscript to illustrate the Plagiarism accusations

Source: Getty/Private collection, California (montage)

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Reader's comments (2)

#1 Submitted by Graziana Ciola on January 9, 2023 - 11:28am

Receptio is supposed to be Swiss based, not "Italian-headquartered".

#2 Submitted by e.teviotdale on January 11, 2023 - 2:34pm

Isn't the image on Kidd's blog in color, not "colorized"?

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