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

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, en, fr

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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