Scarith of Scornello A Tale of Renaissance Forgery

Name: Scarith of Scornello A Tale of Renaissance Forgery
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ISBN: 9780226730370

ISBN-10: 0226730379

ISBN-13: 9780226730370

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ingrid D. Rowland

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Bored teenager Curzio Inghirami staged perhaps the most outlandish prank of the seventeenth century when he hatched a wild scheme that preyed on the Italian fixation with ancestry by forging an array of ancient Latin and Etruscan documents. Stashing the counterfeit treasure in scarith (capsules made of hair and mud) near Scornello, Curzio reeled in seventeenth-century Tuscans who were eager to establish proof of their heritage and history. However, despite their excitement, none of these proud Italians could actually read the ancient Etruscan language, and they simply perpetuated the hoax. Written with humor and energy by Renaissance expert Ingrid Rowland, The Scarith of Scornello traces…

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List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Acknowledgments I. Discovery: November 1634 II. The Investigation: 1635 III. The Spy: 1638 IV. About Paper: 1635-1640 V. The Defender Defended: 1641 VI. Curzio Attacks: 1645 VII. A Forger's Reasons: 1640s VIII. The Sublime Art IX. Eppur si muove: 1966 Afterword Notes Bibliography Index