Sámuel Literáti Nemes

Sámuel Literáti Nemes (1796–1842), Transylvanian-Hungarian antiquarian, co-founder of the National Széchényi Library in Budapest, infamous for many forgeries which even deceived some of the most renowned Hungarian scholars of the time.[1]

Some Hungarian scholars suspect him to be involved in the forgery of Codex Rohonczi. This opinion goes back as far as 1866, to Károly Szabó (1824-1890), Hungarian historian.

References

Láng, Benedek (2014). "Invented Middle Ages in Nineteenth-century Hungary. The Forgeries of Sámuel Literáti Nemes". In Bak, János M.; Geary, Patrick J.; Klaniczay, Gábor (eds.). Manufacturing a Past for the Present: Forgery and Authenticity in Medievalist Texts and Objects in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Brill. pp. 129–143.

SZABÓ, Károly: A régi hun-székely írásról [Of the Old Hun-Székely Writing System], Budapesti Szemle 6 (1866), 123-124. (Hungarian)

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[1] Láng, Benedek (2014). "Invented Middle Ages in Nineteenth-century Hungary. The Forgeries of Sámuel Literáti Nemes". In Bak, János M.; Geary, Patrick J.; Klaniczay, Gábor (eds.). Manufacturing a Past for the Present: Forgery and Authenticity in Medievalist Texts and Objects in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Brill. pp. 129–143.