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 Non-alphabetic graphemes • John Disney • Lucas Peto • Manuscripts • Spurious imitations • Documentary forgeries • Copies • Casa Museo dell’Antiquariato Ivan Bruschi • F • Latin epigraphy • Roman Liguria • Antonio Trevisi • Epigraph balanced between dimensions and inscripti • Amphora • G • Pingone • Theodor Mommsen • Forged inscriptions • Ciriaco de’ Pizzicolli • Epigraphic forgeries • Primacy of Sardinia • Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum • Classical scholarship • False inscriptions • Forged blunder • Senatus consultum • Aquileia • Epigraphic research • Manuscript • Mariangelo Accursio • Intellectual history • Pirro Ligorio • Thomas Hollis • Epigraphic models • Pseudo-antique palaeography • Fitzwilliam Museum • Forgeries • Fake • Antiquarians • Digital editions • Fake inscriptions • Critical editions • Aqua Vergine • Inscribed zone as decorative surface • Luigi Biraghi • Renaissance • Meyranesio • Epitaph • Counterfeit instrumentum inscriptum • Coarse altar • CIL VI 991* • Antiquarian market in the early 1900s • Decretum Rubiconis • Forgery • Christian forgeries • Council of Trent • Epigraphy • Lepontic • House of Savoy • Lex de imperio Vespasiani Antonio Agustín • Marche • Jacopo Valvasone • CIL VI 990* • Printed editions • Savoy Piedmont • Epigraphic forgeries on paper • Spain • Cities • Latin poets of Renaissance • Aqueducts • Internet • Ancient restorations • Ager Mediolanensis
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-386-1 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-387-8 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-386-1 | Number of pages 312 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Dec. 16, 2019 | Language it, en, fr
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