Fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern China / / edited by: Cécile Michel and Michael Friedrich.

• Superior document: Studies in manuscript cultures ; 20
• Funder: Centre for the Study of Manuscript
• Author: Michel, Cécile; Centre for the Study of Manuscript
• MitwirkendeR: Catherine, Breniquet,; Claudia, Colini,; Cécile, Michel,; Dan, Shapira,; Ekkehard, Weber,; François, Déroche,; Ira, Rabin,; Jan, Just Witkam,; Jost, Gippert,; Malachi, Beit-Arié,; Michael, Friedrich,; Oliver, Hahn,; Olivier, Gengler,; Uta, Lauer,
• HerausgeberIn: Friedrich, Michael,; Michel, Cécile,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in manuscript cultures ; 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 338 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 re...