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Fakes and Forgeries of Written Artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern China / Michael Friedrich, Cécile Michel
(Studies in Manuscript Cultures ; ; 20)
| Material Type | E-Book |
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| Publisher | Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter |
| Year | [2020] |
| Language | English |
| Size | 1 online resource (VI, 338 p.) |
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| Notes | Fakes and forgeries are objects of fascination. This volume contains a series of thirteen articles devoted to fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from the beginnings of writing in Mesopotamia to modern China. The studies emphasise the subtle distinctions conveyed by an established vocabulary relating to the reproduction of ancient artefacts and production of artefacts claiming to be ancient: from copies, replicas and imitations to fakes and forgeries. Fakes are often a response to a demand from the public or scholarly milieu, or even both. The motives behind their production may be economic, political, religious or personal - aspiring to fame or simply playing a joke. Fakes may be revealed by combining the study of their contents, codicological, epigraphic and palaeographic analyses, and scientific investigations. However, certain famous unsolved cases still continue to defy technology today, no matter how advanced it is. Nowadays, one can find fakes in museums and private collections alike; they abound on the antique market, mixed with real artefacts that have often been looted. The scientific community's attitude to such objects calls for ethical reflection Open Access In English Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020) funded by Centre for the Study of Manuscript |
| Authors | Catherine, Breniquet, Claudia, Colini, Cécile, Michel, Dan, Shapira, Ekkehard, Weber, François, Déroche, Friedrich, Michael, Ira, Rabin, Jan, Just Witkam, Jost, Gippert, Malachi, Beit-Arié, Michael, Friedrich, Michel, Cécile, Oliver, Hahn, Olivier, Gengler, Uta, Lauer, Centre for the Study of Manuscript |
| Subjects | LCSH:Forgery of manuscripts LCSH:Forgery of antiquities BSH:Fakes BSH:Fälschung BSH:Handschriften BSH:forgeries BSH:written artefacts BISACSH:LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General FREE:Forgery of antiquities FREE:Forgery of manuscripts BSH:Electronic books |
| Classification | DC:800 |
| ID | ED00003147 |
| ISBN | 9783110714333 |