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Although the paper and binding of Sidereus appeared to be genuine, Wilding eventually found that it, along with another copy listed in the 2005 Sotheby's catalog, both had an identical blotch on the title page that could be traced back to a 1964 facsimile edition. This copy supposedly included an inscription by Galileo, as well as five of his watercolors of the Moon.

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The bottom half, supposedly written months later, contains a series of 'doodles' that depict Jupiter's moons-once thought to be original notes from Galileo's observations in January 1610.Įnter Nick Wilding, who has exposed Galileo-related forgeries in the past, most notably a copy of Sidereus Nuncius in the possession of a New York City rare-book dealer. The top half of the library's manuscript is the alleged draft of Galileo's letter to the doge of Venice, dated circa August 9, 1609. Unsatisfied with the performance of the available instruments, Galileo built his own, even learning to grind his own lenses to improve the optics. (The final letter is housed in the State Archives in Venice.) Galileo first heard of a marvelous new instrument for “seeing faraway things as though nearby” in a letter from a colleague named Paolo Sarpi, who had witnessed a demonstration in Venice. The single-leaf manuscript in question purported to be a draft of an August 24, 1609, letter that Galileo wrote to the doge of Venice describing his observations with a telescope ( occhiale) he had constructed. “To sweep it under the rug is counter to what we stand for,” Hayward said. Nonetheless, the library opted for transparency and publicly announced the forgery. Hayward, interim dean of the University of Michigan’s libraries, told The New York Times. “It was pretty gut-wrenching when we first learned our Galileo was not actually a Galileo,” Donna L. The curators were tipped off about the forgery by Georgia State historian Nick Wilding, who became suspicious of the manuscript's authenticity while working on a biography of Galileo. But after an internal investigation, the library's curators have concluded that the manuscript is in fact a fake-and most likely executed by a well-known 20th-century forger. And me, I tell myself… I even can’t control my head, it just does it by itself.Since 1938, one of the most prized items in the University of Michigan library's collection has been a rare manuscript page allegedly written by Galileo. It is as if my hand and my head are connected and they draw together just like that. For example, I put my hand on the paper and then it is my hand that draws alone. (Liam Djermakian, 10-year-old doodler) 'I don’t have an inspiration that I am focused on but it’s mostly from my head. He would work quickly on a composition without trying it out first, without scribbling first, nothing.' (Youmna Djermakian, Liam's mother) 'Once he started drawing on the Christmas tree, we really felt how much potential he has at doing compositions and not just to create characters from his head. Liam discovered his signature style by decorating a Christmas tree at his mother's store When I grow up, I want to look at my closet and think to myself 'awesome, when I was young, I used to do this'.' I tell her, 'No, I want to keep the space because since there is 'Liam is 9' and 'Liam is 10' and I want to leave space for when there will be 'Liam is 11' and 'Liam is 12''. (Liam Djermakian, 10-year-old doodler) 'My mom often tells me, to draw on my closet when I get bored. The 'Liam is 9' and 'Liam is 10' lines feature his favorite doodles Now, the 10-year-old Lebanese has two t-shirt collections STORY: Liam Djermakian started drawing at the age of three

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