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