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 Digital editionsFalse inscriptionsManuscriptsSpurious imitationsEpigraphic researchCouncil of TrentEpitaphMariangelo AccursioThomas HollisSavoy PiedmontIntellectual historyLatin poets of RenaissanceClassical scholarshipEpigraphic forgeries on paperAqua VergineInternetEpigraphic forgeriesAger MediolanensisAncient restorationsChristian forgeriesFakeLatin epigraphyRoman LiguriaAntonio TrevisiEpigraphyCopiesAmphoraNon-alphabetic graphemesFDecretum RubiconisHouse of SavoyFitzwilliam MuseumMeyranesioEpigraphic modelsFake inscriptionsAquileiaLucas PetoPingoneCoarse altarPrimacy of SardiniaForgeriesInscribed zone as decorative surfaceManuscriptCasa Museo dell’Antiquariato Ivan BruschiForged inscriptionsLex de imperio Vespasiani Antonio AgustínMarcheLuigi BiraghiTheodor MommsenSpainEpigraph balanced between dimensions and inscriptiForged blunderAntiquarian market in the early 1900sJacopo ValvasoneCIL VI 990*RenaissanceLeponticAqueductsJohn DisneyJohns Hopkins Archaeological MuseumPseudo-antique palaeographyCounterfeit instrumentum inscriptumForgeryCiriaco de’ PizzicolliCIL VI 991*GPirro LigorioCritical editionsSenatus consultumCitiesAntiquariansPrinted editionsDocumentary 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

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