Epigraphic Falsification
Methods and Case Studies
open access | peer reviewed
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- Lorenzo Calvelli - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - 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 Documentary forgeries • Non-alphabetic graphemes • Lex de imperio Vespasiani Antonio Agustín • Antiquarian market in the early 1900s • Forged blunder • Thomas Hollis • Digital editions • Decretum Rubiconis • Marche • Renaissance • Coarse altar • Classical scholarship • Antiquarians • Council of Trent • Forged inscriptions • CIL VI 990* • Primacy of Sardinia • Epigraphy • Aqua Vergine • Ciriaco de’ Pizzicolli • Antonio Trevisi • Epigraphic forgeries • Latin epigraphy • Pingone • G • Senatus consultum • Amphora • Ancient restorations • Christian forgeries • Fake • Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum • Luigi Biraghi • Savoy Piedmont • Counterfeit instrumentum inscriptum • Latin poets of Renaissance • Pseudo-antique palaeography • Internet • Forgeries • Spurious imitations • F • Lepontic • Epitaph • Meyranesio • Printed editions • Theodor Mommsen • Forgery • Roman Liguria • Spain • Fake inscriptions • Manuscript • False inscriptions • Intellectual history • CIL VI 991* • Aquileia • Fitzwilliam Museum • Aqueducts • Cities • Copies • Critical editions • Epigraphic forgeries on paper • Jacopo Valvasone • Manuscripts • Pirro Ligorio • Ager Mediolanensis • Mariangelo Accursio • Casa Museo dell’Antiquariato Ivan Bruschi • Epigraph balanced between dimensions and inscripti • Epigraphic models • Inscribed zone as decorative surface • Lucas Peto • John Disney • Epigraphic research • House of Savoy
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
Subseries Storia ed epigrafia e-ISSN 2610-8291 ISSN 2610-8801
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