Nick Wilding hat angebliche Galileo-Autographen (in der UB Michigan und der Morgan-Library) anhand des Wasserzeichens als Fälschungen wahrscheinlich von Tobia Nicotra entlarvt:
“Nicotra was quite the character, described as “perhaps the cleverest forger on record” in contemporary newspaper accounts. Not much is known about him, but he began selling forgeries in the 1920s, allegedly as a means of supporting seven mistresses, which he had deposited in apartments around Milan. (Nicotra also had a wife.) He was likely responsible for 500-600 forgeries of letters, music manuscripts, and other manuscripts attributed to such lofty personages as George Washington, Christopher Columbus, the Marquis de Lafayette, Martin Luther, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Gluck, and Handel, among others.”
Über Fälschungen in Archivalia:
https://archivalia.hypotheses.org/9580
OpenEdition schlägt Ihnen vor, diesen Beitrag wie folgt zu zitieren:
Klaus Graf (20. August 2022). Galileo-Manuskripte als Fälschungen entlarvt. Archivalia. Abgerufen am 14. Januar 2025 von https://doi.org/10.58079/cgh3
