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

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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