Galileo-Manuskripte als Fälschungen entlarvt

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/librarys-prized-galileo-manuscript-turns-out-to-be-a-clever-forgery/

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


Autor: Klaus Graf

Historiker und Archivar, Blogger

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