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LATIN EPIGRAPHY OF THE LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL PERIODS

Chiara Maria LAMBERT LATIN EPIGRAPHY OF THE LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL PERIODS

0322300064
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
ARCHEOLOGY AND THE ANCIENT WORLD
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
CHIARA MARIA LAMBERT T Curriculum
IGOR DORFMANN Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO GENNAIO14/01/2025 - 14:30
APPELLO FEBBRAIO06/02/2025 - 14:30
Objectives
THE COURSE, HELD IN FRENCH, AIMS TO FORM A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE FORMAL AND MATERIALS ASPECTS, AS SUCH OF THE CONTENTS, OF THE LATE ANTIQUE AND MIDDLE AGES LATIN EPIGRAPHS.
TO PROVIDE THE INSTRUMENTS FOR A TEXTUAL AND PHILOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EPIGRAPHS, THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE; UNDERLINE THE RELATIONS WITH ARCHEOLOGY, FOR THE PRODUCTION ASPECTS, AND WITH THE PALEOGRAPHY AND THE HISTORY OF ART FOR THE CONNECTIONS WITH BOOK WRITINGS, PAINTING, MINIATURE AND SCULPTURE.
Prerequisites
GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY; BASICS OF LATIN LANGUAGE.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE (B2) IT'S DESIRED.
Contents
1ST PART
- DEFINITION OF MATTER AND ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN EPIGRAPHICAL 'CORPORA'
- EPIGRAPHICAL SUPPORTS, ENGRAVING TECHNIQUES, LAYOUT.
- CRAFTSMEN, CUSTOMERS, TARGET OF THE EPIGRAPHICAL TEXT.
- TYPOLOGYES AND FORMS.

2ND PART
– EPIGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGY : TERMS OF A RELATIONSHIP .
- EPIGRAPHIC WRITINGS AND BOOK WRITINGS IN LONGOBARD (ITALY) AND CAROLINGIAN (FRANCE AND ROME) CONTEXTS: TERMS OF A RELATIONSHIP.
Teaching Methods

- FRONTAL LECTURES, WITH POWER POINT PROJECTIONS.

- POSSIBLE SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES HELD BY FACULTY’S COLLEAGUES OR EXTERNAL SPEAKERS.

- GUIDED VISITS TO SOME ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS AND/OR EPIGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO
QUESTIONS AND A READING, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY OF AN EPIGRAPHIC TEXT. DURING THE TEST GENERAL AND SPECIFIC TOPICS WILL BE DISCUSSED, USING THE IMAGES OF THE POWER-POINTS PROJECTED DURING THE LESSONS OR CONTAINED IN TEXTBOOKS.
THE TEST AIMS TO VERIFY THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO:
- ORIENT HIM/HERSELF IN THE MATTER, WITH ADEQUATE HISTORICAL-CULTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE;
- RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT EPIGRAPHIC WRITINGS AND TO PROPOSE A CORRECT CONTEXTUALIZATION AND A CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK.

IN THE FINAL ASSESSMENT, EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS, THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT:
- KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS;
- THE ABILITY TO CORRELATE THE DIFFERENT TOPICS COVERED BY THE COURSE TO EACH OTHER AND POSSIBLY WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES;
- OF THE AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT ACHIEVED;
- THE QUALITY OF THE EXPOSURE, BOTH IN GENERAL TERMS AND OF THE USE OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE.
Texts
1ST PART

PAGES TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH TAKEN FROM:
- LAMBERT C., PAGINE DI PIETRA. MANUALE DI EPIGRAFIA LATINO-CAMPANA TARDOANTICA E MEDIEVALE, 2A EDIZIONE RIVEDUTA ED AMPLIATA, COLLANA "TACCUINI DI IPPOCRATE", 2, MANOCALZATI (AV), CUES SALERNO, 2009, PP. 1-171.
- CARLETTI C., EPIGRAFIA DEI CRISTIANI IN OCCIDENTE DAL III AL VII SECOLO. IDEOLOGIA E PRASSI, BARI, EDIPUGLIA, 2008.
- TEDESCHI C., I GRAFFITI, UNA FONTE SCRITTA TRASCURATA, IN 'STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA ED ALTRE STORIE' (D. BIANCONI ED.), SUPPL. AL N. 29 DEL 'BOLL. DEI CLASSICI', ACCAD. NAZ. DEI LINCEI, 2014, PP. 363-381.

ABOUT THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD, SELECTED PAGES FROM:
- TREFFORT C., PAROLES INSCRITES. À LA DÉCOUVERTE DES SOURCES ÉPIGRAPHIQUES LATINES DU MOYEN ÀGE (VIIIE-XIIIE SIÈCLE), BRÉAL, PARIS (ROSNY-SOUS-BOIS), 2008 .
- FAVREAU R., EPIGRAPHIE MÉDIÉVALE, TURNHOUT, BREPOLS, 1997.

2ND PART
PAGES TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH TAKEN FROM:

- LAMBERT C., PAGINE DI PIETRA. MANUALE DI 2A EDIZIONE RIVEDUTA ED AMPLIATA, COLLANA
"TACCUINI DI IPPOCRATE", 2, MANOCALZATI (AV), CUES SALERNO, 2009, PP. 173-208; 287-316 (EXERCISES).
- LAMBERT C., ... CLAUDUNTUR MEMBRA SEPULCRO, ... CAELI SPIRITUS ASTRA PETIT IL RAPPORTO SEPOLTURA/EPIGRAFE TRA MATERIALITÀ E SPIRITUALITÀ (SECOLI IV-VII / VIII-X), IN “TERRITORIO, INSEDIAMENTI E NECROPOLI FRA TARDA ANTICHITÀ E ALTO MEDIOEVO, ATTI DEL CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE DI STUDI “LUOGHI DI CULTO, NECROPOLI E PRASSI FUNERARIA FRA TARDA ANTICHITÀ E MEDIOEVO”, CIMITILE-SANTA MARIA CAPUA VETERE, 19-20 GIUGNO 2014, C. EBANISTA, M. ROTILI (ED.), NAPOLI 2016, PP. 429-446.
- CAVALLO G., SCRITTURE LIBRARIE E SCRITTURE EPIGRAFICHE FRA L’ITALIA E BISANZIO NELL’ALTO
MEDIOEVO, IN INSCHRIFT UND MATERIAL INSCHRIFT UND BUCHSCHRIFT, FACHTAGUNG FÜR MITTELALTERLICHE UND NEUZEITLICHE EPIGRAPHIK, INGOLSTADT 1997, W.KOCH, C.STEININGER (ED.), MÜNCHEN 1999, PP. 127-136, TAVV. 41-56.


ANY ALTERNATIVE READINGS WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE LESSONS, IN PDF FORMAT AUTHORIZED BY THE AUTHORS.

THE TEXTS DISTRIBUTED DURING THE LESSONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE TEACHER'S PAGE.

STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING ARE NOT REQUIRED TO STUDY FURTHER TEXTS.
More Information
THE COURSE WILL BE HELD IN THE FIRST SEMESTER (SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER).

THE INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF WRITING AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EPIGRAPHY AND THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY WILL BE EXPLAINED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PROF. IGOR DORFMANN LAZAREV, 'VISITING PROFESSOR' AT DISPAC, SPECIALIST IN LATE ANTIQUE SOURCES FROM THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AREA.
HIS LESSONS TOO WILL BE HELD IN FRENCH.
Lessons Timetable

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