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

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

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