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