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