Antiquity Studies

Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 25 | Edited book | Epigraphic Falsification

Epigraphic Falsification

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

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 en, it, fr

Copyright © 2019 Lorenzo Calvelli. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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