Antiquity Studies

Epigraphic Falsification

Methods and Case Studies

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  • Lorenzo Calvelli - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile

Abstract
The book investigates the complex articulations of epigraphic forgery, a phenomenon widely attested in Italy between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century. Non-genuine inscriptions or falsae, as Theodor Mommsen called them, are those that present themselves as ancient, but in reality are not. They can be produced either on material support or simply on paper. Within them, different types of documents can be distinguished: forgeries made for malicious purposes, replicas of ancient inscriptions, and texts or monuments inspired by classical epigraphic models. The book brings together fifteen scholarly essays, which examine individual cases of forgery, reconstruct the epistemology of forgery criticism and rehabilitate numerous epigraphs mistakenly believed to be forgeries, while confirming their actual antiquity.

Keywords Forgery • Decretum Rubiconis • Lepontic • Non-alphabetic graphemes • Antonio Trevisi • Casa Museo dell’Antiquariato Ivan Bruschi • Aquileia • Epigraphic forgeries • Forgeries • Meyranesio • F • Documentary forgeries • Luigi Biraghi • Council of Trent • Epigraph balanced between dimensions and inscripti • Coarse altar • Epigraphic research • Aqua Vergine • Copies • Forged inscriptions • Fake • Counterfeit instrumentum inscriptum • Pingone • CIL VI 990* • Intellectual history • Latin epigraphy • Roman Liguria • Epigraphy • House of Savoy • CIL VI 991* • Cities • G • Epigraphic forgeries on paper • Epigraphic models • Ager Mediolanensis • Fitzwilliam Museum • Lucas Peto • Mariangelo Accursio • Pseudo-antique palaeography • Renaissance • Spain • Digital editions • Antiquarians • Latin poets of Renaissance • Internet • Lex de imperio Vespasiani Antonio Agustín • Inscribed zone as decorative surface • Christian forgeries • Epitaph • Primacy of Sardinia • Ciriaco de’ Pizzicolli • Printed editions • Savoy Piedmont • Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum • Aqueducts • Fake inscriptions • Senatus consultum • Classical scholarship • Critical editions • Amphora • False inscriptions • Manuscript • Spurious imitations • Pirro Ligorio • Antiquarian market in the early 1900s • Ancient restorations • Jacopo Valvasone • Manuscripts • Marche • Theodor Mommsen • Thomas Hollis • John Disney • Forged blunder

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-386-1 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-386-1 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-387-8 | Number of pages 312 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Dec. 16, 2019 | Language fr, it, en

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