Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 25 | Edited book | Epigraphic Falsification
Epigraphic Falsification
Methods and Case Studies
open access | peer reviewed-
edited by
- 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 Roman Liguria • Mariangelo Accursio • Forgery • Pingone • Savoy Piedmont • CIL VI 990* • Thomas Hollis • Meyranesio • Amphora • Luigi Biraghi • Lucas Peto • Epigraph balanced between dimensions and inscripti • Internet • John Disney • Fake • Spurious imitations • Pseudo-antique palaeography • Forged blunder • Cities • Fitzwilliam Museum • Epitaph • Digital editions • Pirro Ligorio • Epigraphic forgeries on paper • Council of Trent • Epigraphic models • False inscriptions • Classical scholarship • Latin poets of Renaissance • Epigraphy • Non-alphabetic graphemes • Lepontic • Manuscript • Christian forgeries • Counterfeit instrumentum inscriptum • Critical editions • G • Theodor Mommsen • Antiquarians • House of Savoy • Senatus consultum • Casa Museo dell’Antiquariato Ivan Bruschi • Epigraphic forgeries • CIL VI 991* • Forgeries • Inscribed zone as decorative surface • Lex de imperio Vespasiani Antonio Agustín • Fake inscriptions • Antonio Trevisi • Printed editions • Documentary forgeries • Coarse altar • Ager Mediolanensis • F • Forged inscriptions • Renaissance • Aquileia • Epigraphic research • Primacy of Sardinia • Ciriaco de’ Pizzicolli • Latin epigraphy • Jacopo Valvasone • Marche • Ancient restorations • Intellectual history • Decretum Rubiconis • Copies • Aqueducts • Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum • Antiquarian market in the early 1900s • Manuscripts • Spain • Aqua Vergine
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-386-1 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-387-8 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-386-1 | Number of pages 312 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Dec. 16, 2019 | Language it, en, fr
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