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