Epigraphic Falsification
Methods and Case Studies
open access | peer reviewed
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edited by
- Lorenzo Calvelli - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - 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 Antiquarian market in the early 1900s • CIL VI 991* • Decretum Rubiconis • Documentary forgeries • Spurious imitations • Jacopo Valvasone • Ager Mediolanensis • Digital editions • Epigraphic research • Fitzwilliam Museum • Internet • Aqueducts • Forgery • Latin epigraphy • Antonio Trevisi • Luigi Biraghi • G • F • Intellectual history • Classical scholarship • Epitaph • Manuscripts • Thomas Hollis • Epigraphy • Coarse altar • Pseudo-antique palaeography • Fake • Christian forgeries • Casa Museo dell’Antiquariato Ivan Bruschi • Non-alphabetic graphemes • Epigraphic forgeries on paper • Primacy of Sardinia • Spain • Aqua Vergine • Amphora • Ancient restorations • False inscriptions • Lex de imperio Vespasiani Antonio Agustín • Critical editions • Council of Trent • John Disney • Mariangelo Accursio • Meyranesio • Counterfeit instrumentum inscriptum • Fake inscriptions • Pirro Ligorio • Printed editions • Roman Liguria • Inscribed zone as decorative surface • Theodor Mommsen • Forged blunder • Aquileia • Epigraphic models • Antiquarians • Latin poets of Renaissance • Lepontic • Renaissance • Manuscript • Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum • Copies • CIL VI 990* • Forgeries • Savoy Piedmont • Ciriaco de’ Pizzicolli • House of Savoy • Marche • Lucas Peto • Epigraph balanced between dimensions and inscripti • Pingone • Senatus consultum • Cities • Forged inscriptions • Epigraphic forgeries
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
Subseries Storia ed epigrafia e-ISSN 2610-8291 ISSN 2610-8801
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