Volume III A Galileo Forgery: Unmasking the New York Sidereus Nuncius

Open Access Published by De Gruyter (A) 2014

Volume III A Galileo Forgery

Unmasking the New York Sidereus Nuncius

Edited by: Horst Bredekamp , Irene Brückle and Paul Needham

Part of the multi-volume work Galileo's O

https://doi.org/10.1524/9783110354782

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The story of a book forgery

Galileo’s O, Volume III, is perhaps without peer in the history of the book. In this work, historians in various fields revise the results they presented in the first two volumes, which focused on the New York copy of Sidereus Nuncius, written in 1610. The analysis of this book was conceived as a uniquely multidisciplinary and cooperative undertaking, and many of its findings remain valid. Yet the subject of analysis proved to be the work of an international group of forgers. Volume III describes the chronology and methods by which the discovery of forgery was made – a veritable watershed moment in the continuing struggle between the ever-more refined methods of forgers and new methods used to apprehend them. Ultimately, the work also provides insight into the psychology of specialists who “research themselves” in order to prevent similar errors in the future.

Sheds new light on the production of books in the early modern period
Engages in an interdisciplinary analysis of a unique forgery
Explores the psychology of the forgers

Author / Editor information

Horst Bredekamp, Humboldt-Univ., Berlin; Irene Brückle, Staatl. Akad. der bildenden Künste Stuttgart; Paul Needham, Princeton Univ.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	7
Introduction Horst Bredekamp, Irene Brückle, Oliver Hahn, Manfred Mayer, Paul Needham, Nicholas Pickwoad and Theresa Smith Open Access Download PDF	9
I Fruitful Doubts, May–June 2012 Paul Needham Open Access Download PDF	15
II The Evidence of the Forged Printing Paul Needham Open Access Download PDF	25
III The Evidence of the Forged Paper Irene Brückle, Theresa Smith and Manfred Mayer Open Access Download PDF	35
IV The Evidence of the Forged SNML Sammelband Book Structure Nicholas Pickwoad Open Access Download PDF	61
V The Evidence of the Forged Padua Compasso Book Structure Irene Brückle and Manfred Mayer Open Access Download PDF	71
VI Results of non-destructive Instrumental Analysis. XRF-, FTIR-Spectroscopy and Microscopy Oliver Hahn Open Access Download PDF	77
VII Towards a Psychology of the Forger Horst Bredekamp Open Access Download PDF	89
VIII Final Thoughts Paul Needham, Irene Brückle and Horst Bredekamp Open Access Download PDF	95
Photo Credits Open Access Download PDF	104

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter (A)
Audience: Art scholars and cultural scholars, philosophers, historians
Pages
- Main content: 102
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 81

eBook

Published: February 21, 2014
ISBN: 9783110354782

Hardcover

Published: February 17, 2014
ISBN: 9783110354645

Volume III A Galileo Forgery

Unmasking the New York Sidereus Nuncius

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

I Fruitful Doubts, May–June 2012

II The Evidence of the Forged Printing

III The Evidence of the Forged Paper

IV The Evidence of the Forged SNML Sammelband Book Structure

V The Evidence of the Forged Padua Compasso Book Structure

VI Results of non-destructive Instrumental Analysis. XRF-, FTIR-Spectroscopy and Microscopy

VII Towards a Psychology of the Forger

VIII Final Thoughts

Photo Credits