- «Fiere vicende dell’età di mezzo»
- Edited by Paola Guglielmotti, Isabella Lazzarini
La buona fama di un falsario: eruditi, critici e luoghi nel Piemonte del Settecento
- Luigi Provero
- © 2021 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6.15
Giuseppe Francesco Meyranesio (1729-1793) is well known for the ancient and medieval texts he produced and disseminated, the falsity of which has been widely proved. This essay aims to reread his story from another point of view, namely the network of relationships and correspondents set up by Meyranesio, a network that allows us to understand the reasons for his forgeries, which were an attempt – substantially successful – to build a good reputation in front of the main subalpine scholars, but also – and here Meyranesio failed – to obtain a benefit that freed him from pastoral tasks and allowed him to devote himself full time to study.
- Keywords:
- 18th century; Piedmont; Giuseppe Francesco Meyranesio; Historical erudition; Forgeries.,
University of Turin, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-4151-1507
Chapter Information
Chapter Title
La buona fama di un falsario: eruditi, critici e luoghi nel Piemonte del Settecento
Authors
Luigi Provero
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6.15
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Book Title
«Fiere vicende dell’età di mezzo»
Book Subtitle
Studi per Gian Maria Varanini
Editors
Paola Guglielmotti, Isabella Lazzarini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
344
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-422-9
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-423-6
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-425-0
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
Series E-ISSN
2704-6079