Fakes And Forgeries Of Written Artefacts From Ancient Mesopotamia To Modern China
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Fakes And Forgeries Of Written Artefacts From Ancient Mesopotamia To Modern China
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Author : Cécile Michel
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-11-23
Fakes And Forgeries Of Written Artefacts From Ancient Mesopotamia To Modern China written by Cécile Michel and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
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.
Exploring Written Artefacts
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Author : Jörg B. Quenzer
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-10-25
Exploring Written Artefacts written by Jörg B. Quenzer and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection, presented to Michael Friedrich in honour of his academic career at of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, traces key concepts that scholars associated with the Centre have developed and refined for the systematic study of manuscript cultures. At the same time, the contributions showcase the possibilities of expanding the traditional subject of ‘manuscripts’ to the larger perspective of ‘written artefacts’.
The Methods And Ethics Of Researching Unprovenienced Artifacts From East Asia
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Author : Christopher J. Foster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-04-25
The Methods And Ethics Of Researching Unprovenienced Artifacts From East Asia written by Christopher J. Foster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-25 with History categories.
A comprehensive discussion of the methodological and ethical issues inherent to researching unprovenienced artifacts.
Early Chinese Manuscript Collections
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Author : Rens Krijgsman
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-03-06
Early Chinese Manuscript Collections written by Rens Krijgsman and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-06 with History categories.
As the first study of manuscript collections, this book asks what changes when sayings, stories, songs, and spells are brought together on the same carrier. Covering a plethora of manuscripts from the Warring States and early empires, and spanning sources from philosophy, historiography, poetry, and technical literature, this study describes the whole life-cycle of multiple texts collected on a single manuscript. Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary advances and based on careful study of manuscript materiality and textuality, this book shows the importance of collections in the development of and access to text and knowledge in early China.
Caucasian Albania
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Author : Jost Gippert
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-06-19
Caucasian Albania written by Jost Gippert and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-19 with History categories.
By consequence of the Karabakh War in 2020 and due to Azerbaijanian revisionism concerning the history, culture and cultural monuments of the region, the discussion on Caucasian "Albania", which is little known in the West in both academic and public circles, has been reignited. The handbook provides an overview of the current state of research on the Caucasian "Albanians" in an objective, scientifically sound manner. The contributions are not necessarily intended to reveal new scientific findings but rather to summarise approved knowledge. The volume brings together internationally renowned scholars, researchers and practitioners from various fields of studies reporting on and reviewing the state of research concerning the Caucasian "Albanians", their history and archaeology, their language and written monuments, their religion, church history and their art, including their relation to the Udi people of today. The companion is intended to neutrally introduce the readership to the subject of Caucasian Albania from various perspectives.
Jesuits And Islam In Europe
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Author : Emanuele Colombo
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-08-07
Jesuits And Islam In Europe written by Emanuele Colombo and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-07 with Religion categories.
This volume chronicles Jesuit efforts to engage with Muslim populations in Christian Europe, such as the Moriscos, as well as the work of Jesuit missionaries in Muslim territory, such as Constantinople. It provides insights into the activities of the Society of Jesus along the eastern frontier of the Ottoman Empire, and tracks the careers of individual Jesuits such as Tomás de León and Antonio Possevino. These influential Jesuits devoted much of their lives to addressing the claims of Islam and the pressures applied on Christian Europe by Muslim polities. Some lesser-known Jesuits, such as the translator Ignazio Lomellini, are also profiled.
Scientific Investigation Of Copies Fakes And Forgeries
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Author : Paul Craddock
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-02-04
Scientific Investigation Of Copies Fakes And Forgeries written by Paul Craddock and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-04 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
The faking and forgery of works of art and antiquities is probably now more extensive than ever before. The frauds are aided by new technologies, from ink jet printers to epoxy resins, and driven by the astronomic prices realised on the global market. This book aims to provide a comprehensive survey of the subject over a wide range of materials, emphasising how the fakes and forgeries are produced and how they may be detected by technical and scientific examination. The subject is exemplified by numerous case studies, some turning out not to be as conclusive as is sometimes believed. The book is aimed at those likely to have a serious interest in these investigations, be they curator, collector, conservator or scientist. Paul Craddock has recently retired from the Department of Conservation, Documentation and Science at the British Museum, where he was a materials scientist.
How Writing Came About
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Author : Denise Schmandt-Besserat
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
How Writing Came About written by Denise Schmandt-Besserat and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Social Science categories.
An “utterly lucid, thoughtfully illustrated, and thoroughly convincing” book on the origins of the world’s oldest known system of writing (American Journal of Archaeology). One of American Scientist's Top 100 Books on Science, 2001 In 1992, the University of Texas Press published Before Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform and Before Writing, Volume II: A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens. In these two volumes, Denise Schmandt-Besserat set forth her groundbreaking theory that the cuneiform script invented in the Near East in the late fourth millennium B.C.—the world's oldest known system of writing—derived from an archaic counting device. How Writing Came About draws material from both volumes of this scholarly work to present Schmandt-Besserat’s theory in an abridged version for a wide public and classroom audience. Based on the analysis and interpretation of a selection of 8,000 tokens or counters from 116 sites in Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey, it documents the immediate precursor of the cuneiform script./DIV
The Lead Books Of Granada
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Author : E. Drayson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-13
The Lead Books Of Granada written by E. Drayson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-13 with Religion categories.
Hailed as early Christian texts as important as the Dead Sea Scrolls, yet condemned by the Vatican as Islamic heresies, the Lead books of Granada, written on discs of lead and unearthed on a Granadan hillside, weave a mysterious tale of duplicity and daring set in the religious crucible of sixteenth-century Spain. This book evaluates the cultural status and importance of these polyvalent, ambiguous artefacts which embody many of the dualities and paradoxes inherent in the racial and religious dilemmas of Early Modern Spain. Using the words of key individuals, and set against the background of conflict between Spanish Christians and Moriscos in the late fifteen-hundreds, The Lead Books of Granada tells a story of resilient resistance and creative ingenuity in the face of impossibly powerful negative forces, a resistance embodied by a small group of courageous, idealistic men who lived a double life in Granada just before the expulsion of the Moriscos.
Fake
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Author : Mark Jones
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Fake written by Mark Jones and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Art categories.
Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.