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

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 fr, en, it

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