Antichistica

Collana | Antichistica
Miscellanea | La falsificazione epigrafica
Capitolo | Mariangelo Accursio and Pirro Ligorio

Mariangelo Accursio and Pirro Ligorio

The Possible (and Interesting) Genesis of CIL VI 990* and CIL VI 991

Abstract

This paper aims at providing a detailed analysis of two epigraphic forgeries transcribed by Pirro Ligorio under the lemma “Accursia” in his Enciclopedia del mondo antico: CIL VI 990* and CIL VI 991*. In particular, we make an attempt to identify the genuine inscriptions that might have provided Ligorio with the necessary inspiration to compose these two forgeries and to shed new light on the curious choice of the nomen ‘Accursius’, which appears in both texts.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 03 Luglio 2019 | Accettato: 10 Settembre 2019 | Pubblicato 16 Dicembre 2019 | Lingua: en

Keywords CIL VI 991*Mariangelo AccursioCIL VI 990*Pirro LigorioEpigraphic forgeries


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