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Mariangelo Accursio and Pirro Ligorio

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

Gian Luca Gregori    Sapienza Università di Roma, Italia    

Alessandro Papini    Ghent University, Belgium    

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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.

Published
Dec. 16, 2019
Accepted
Sept. 10, 2019
Submitted
July 3, 2019
Language
EN
ISBN (PRINT)
978-88-6969-387-8
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-386-1

Keywords: CIL VI 991*Mariangelo AccursioPirro LigorioCIL VI 990*Epigraphic forgeries

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