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

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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