Deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as the truth
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A Muslim grocer in Kashgar attacks the body of a dead hunchback believing it to be a robber. Etching, 1785, by J. Jones after H.W. Bunbury.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: Decr. 24. 1785Reference: 2477172iPart of: Arabian nights.
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An episode in Baldo by Teofilo Folengo (Merlin Cocai): at a festive dance, Cingar pretends to stab Berta in a fit of jealousy; he had fitted a canister of blood under a white scarf round her neck, so that he could appear to kill her and then revive her. Etching.
Reference: 42873i- Books
Encyclopedia of exploration : invented and apocryphal narratives of travel : a comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air, from the earliest times to the twentieth century / Raymond John Howgego.
Howgego, Raymond John, 1946-Date: 2013- Pictures
The feeding of the Babylonian god Bel by the fraudulent priests. Engraving by J. Mulder after A. van Leiden.
Leiden, Aantte van.Date: [between 1725 and 1739]Reference: 2496675i