Lineamenti per una storia della critica della falsificazione epigrafica

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_3496
dc.contributor.author	Calvelli Lorenzo
dc.title	Lineamenti per una storia della critica della falsificazione epigrafica
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	This article offers the first comprehensive investigation of the history of scholarship related to epigraphic forgeries. Fake inscriptions were already produced in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages, but their number began to rise dramatically from the Renaissance onwards. By the mid-1500s, scholars became attentive of the risks of using fake sources for antiquarian purposes, while in the 17th and 18th centuries they started isolating forged or suspect texts within specific sections of their new epigraphic corpora. Tentative sets of criteria for isolating non-genuine inscriptions were first identified by Scipione Maffei around 1720, but an actual epistemology for epigraphic criticism was only developed by Theodor Mommsen and his collaborators in the mid-1800s. Since then, most corpora and critical editions have, often implicitly, followed their scientific principles. Current scholars should be well aware of them, because they can present both considerable rewards and serious shortcomings.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Storia ed epigrafia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2019-12-16
dc.dateAccepted	2019-09-10
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-07-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-387-8/lineamenti-per-una-storia-della-critica-della-fals/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-386-1/005
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-387-8
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-386-1
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Classical scholarship
dc.subject	Classical scholarship
dc.subject	Critical editions
dc.subject	Critical editions
dc.subject	Epigraphic forgeries
dc.subject	Epigraphic forgeries
dc.subject	Fake inscriptions
dc.subject	Fake inscriptions
dc.subject	Theodor Mommsen
dc.subject	Theodor Mommsen

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Lineamenti per una storia della critica della falsificazione epigrafica

Lorenzo Calvelli Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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This article offers the first comprehensive investigation of the history of scholarship related to epigraphic forgeries. Fake inscriptions were already produced in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages, but their number began to rise dramatically from the Renaissance onwards. By the mid-1500s, scholars became attentive of the risks of using fake sources for antiquarian purposes, while in the 17th and 18th centuries they started isolating forged or suspect texts within specific sections of their new epigraphic corpora. Tentative sets of criteria for isolating non-genuine inscriptions were first identified by Scipione Maffei around 1720, but an actual epistemology for epigraphic criticism was only developed by Theodor Mommsen and his collaborators in the mid-1800s. Since then, most corpora and critical editions have, often implicitly, followed their scientific principles. Current scholars should be well aware of them, because they can present both considerable rewards and serious shortcomings.

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Dec. 16, 2019

Accepted

Sept. 10, 2019

Submitted

July 3, 2019

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978-88-6969-387-8

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978-88-6969-386-1

Keywords: Epigraphic forgeries • Critical editions • Classical scholarship • Fake inscriptions • Theodor Mommsen

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