What Is #ReceptioGate, Really? A Centre's Mission, a Smear Campaign, and the Academic Response

This document is a public statement issued by the Research Centre for European Philological Tradition (RECEPTIO) in response to the smear campaign commonly known as #ReceptioGate, which targeted the Centre and its director, Prof. Carla Rossi, in late 2022. It outlines the Centre’s methodology in digitally reconstructing dismembered illuminated manuscripts and refutes the allegations spread via unverified media sources. The article also announces the forthcoming publication of a documented account of the affair, authored by Jordi Puig. By presenting the facts in a scholarly and transparent manner, RECEPTIO reaffirms its commitment to academic integrity, the fight against biblioclasm, and the preservation of Europe’s manuscript heritage.