Re: [tied] Re: migration?

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
wrote:

> Trithemius was an interesting figure, and a
> brilliant man in his way; a pioneer of modern
> cryptology, among other things (you may have heard
> of his "steganography"). And he was by no means the
> only eminent Humanist to have produced fake
> historical documents -- the practice was widespread,
> and to some extent regarded as justified, especially
> when people made counterforgeries to shoot down
> other people's forgeries, or when the purpose of the
> forgery was to make the history of their country or
> the family tree of their patron look more gorgeous.
>
> Piotr

*****GK: One should note in fairness that Humanists
were also capable of debunking prior forgeries. The
most famous instance of this is assuredly Lorenzo
Valla's destruction (in 1440) of the authenticity of
the famous Donation of Constantine, which had been
considered authoritative by generations of Canon
lawyers. Interestingly, our Lorenzo, in spite of this,
was able to get himself a job at the papal curia a few
years later. He is also known for his works on the
Latin language.******

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