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 EpitaphCounterfeit instrumentum inscriptumFInscribed zone as decorative surfaceInternetLex de imperio Vespasiani Antonio AgustínSenatus consultumCasa Museo dell’Antiquariato Ivan BruschiAger MediolanensisCritical editionsForgeriesFitzwilliam MuseumAqueductsCitiesPrinted editionsIntellectual historyTheodor MommsenMeyranesioLatin poets of RenaissanceLuigi BiraghiPrimacy of SardiniaRoman LiguriaFake inscriptionsCouncil of TrentSpainSpurious imitationsCIL VI 991*Thomas HollisAntonio TrevisiClassical scholarshipEpigraphic modelsGEpigraphyCIL VI 990*Johns Hopkins Archaeological MuseumCoarse altarDigital editionsManuscriptAntiquarian market in the early 1900sAquileiaAmphoraCopiesPirro LigorioRenaissanceAqua VergineEpigraph balanced between dimensions and inscriptiFalse inscriptionsLeponticAntiquariansEpigraphic forgeries on paperForged blunderPingoneSavoy PiedmontMariangelo AccursioLatin epigraphyChristian forgeriesDocumentary forgeriesPseudo-antique palaeographyCiriaco de’ PizzicolliManuscriptsForgeryForged inscriptionsJacopo ValvasoneEpigraphic forgeriesHouse of SavoyDecretum RubiconisNon-alphabetic graphemesMarcheJohn DisneyFakeLucas PetoAncient restorationsEpigraphic research

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 en, it, fr

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