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

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, en, it

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