Antiquity Studies

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

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-386-1 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-386-1 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-387-8 | Number of pages 312 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Dec. 16, 2019 | Language it, fr, en

Copyright © 2019 Lorenzo Calvelli. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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