Antiquity Studies

Epigraphic Falsification

Methods and Case Studies

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

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

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