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Fakes and Forgeries of Written Artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern China (Hardcover)
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Fakes and Forgeries of Written Artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern China (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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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.
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