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After a series of repeated mistakes related directly to the mistakes already cited, Tafuri's penultimate mistake appears on page 38 of The Sphere and the Labyrinth: "The "great absentee" from the Campo Marzio, then, is language."
Here is where Tafuri puts himself most to shame because "language" is certainly present throughout Piranesi's Campo Marzio. First there is the presence of the Latin language with the close to one thousand Latin words that appear as labels throughout the Ichnographia. Secondly, there is the unique language (and syntax) of Piranesi's individual building plans, which quite often act as pictograms that in turn impart meaning. Taking the Latin labels and the language of the plans together, moreover, delivers the most complete rendition of Piranesi's message. Obviously, and sadly, it is a message that Tafuri missed entirely.
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