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STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA LATINA ED ELEMENTI DI DIPLOMATICA

Giuliana CAPRIOLO STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA LATINA ED ELEMENTI DI DIPLOMATICA

0312800027
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
SCIENZE DEI BENI CULTURALI
2019/2020

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA LATINA ED ELEMENTI DI DIPLOMATICA - MOD.1
630LESSONS
2STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA LATINA ED ELEMENTI DI DIPLOMATICA - MOD.2
630LESSONS
GIULIANA CAPRIOLO21 Curriculum
Objectives
THIS COURSE WILL OUTLINE THE MAIN EVOLUTIVE PHASES OF LATIN WRITING FROM THE ARCHAIC ERA TO THE DIFFUSION OF PRINTED BOOKS. IN ADDITION, IT WILL OFFER A GLOBAL VIEW OF THE FIELDS OF APPLICATION OF WRITING (EPIGRAPHIES, BOOKS, DOCUMENTS) WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THEIR FORMAL AND TEXTUAL ASPECTS, METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND THEIR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION:
KNOWLEDGE OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE WESTERN LATIN AREA AND OF THE METHODOLOGIES OF PALAEOGRAPHIC AND DIPLOMATIC RESEARCH. KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE:
STUDENTS WILL STRENGTHEN THEIR CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT GRAPHICAL SYSTEMS AND THE RELATIVE APPLICATION AREA, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO FORMAL FEATURES OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS.
Prerequisites
WE RECOMMEND AN ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN LANGUAGE
Contents
I) PRINCIPLES AND TERMINOLOGY OF PLEOGRAFICAL ANALYSIS. MATERIALS, INSTRUMENTS, TECHNIQUES. THE LATIN WRITING OF THE ARCHAIC AGE. THE LATIN WRITING OF THE ROMAN AGE: THE CAPITAL SCRIPT, THE UNCIAL SCRIPT, THE HALF-UNCIAL SCRIPT. THE PASSAGE FROM THE CAPITAL SYSTEM TO THE SMALL SYSTEM. THE PASSAGE FROM THE LATE ROMAN AGE TO THE EARLY MIDDLE AGE. THE ABBREVIATING SYSTEM IN ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL AGES. THE GRAPHIC PARTICULARISM IN EUROPE: THE MEROVINGIAN SCRIPT, THE VISIGOTIC SCRIPT AND THE ANGLO-SAXON SCRIPTS. THE GRAPHIC PARTICULARISM IN ITALY: THE BENEVENTAN SCRIPT AND THE "ALTOMEDIEVALI" SCRIPTS. THE CAROLINGIAN AND GOTIC UNIFICATION. THE ITALIAN "ROTUNDA" AND THE "LITTERAE SCHOLASTICAE". THE ITALIAN "CANCELLERESCA" SCRIPT. THE PETRARCHIAN GRAPHIC REFORM AND THE REVIVAL OF THE "ANTIQUA". THE "MERCANTESCA" SCRIPT. THE HUMANISTIC SCRIPT AND THE "ANTIQUA TONDA". THE NEW GRAPHIC UNIFICATION IN ITALY: THE "ITALICA" AND THE "BASTARDA" SCRIPTS. PRODUCTION SYSTEM OF HANDWRITTEN BOOKS: THE LAICAL ATELIERS AND THE ECCLESIASTICAL "SCRIPTORIA"; THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AND THE "PECIA" SYSTEM; THE MODERN HANDBOOK.
II) THE "NEW COURSIVE". WRITINGS OF THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS (VIITH-IXTH CENTURY). NOTARIAL AND OFFICIAL WRITINGS (XTH AND XVTH CENTURY), WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE SOUTHERN ITALY.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS. SHORT ACCOUNTS OF DIPLOMATICS HISTORY. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOCUMENTS. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FEATURES OF THE MEDIAEVAL DOCUMENT.
DURING THE COURSE REPRODUTIONS OF THE LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTARY SCRIPTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
Teaching Methods
EVERY LECTURE CONSISTS OF A THEORY PART - WITH PURPOSE TO THE HISTORICAL FRAME AND OF THE DESCRIPTION OF GRAPHIC PHENOMENONS - AND OF A PRATICAL PART DURING WHICH STUDENTS ARE PRESENTED WITH FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTIONS OF SCRIPTS WHICH ARE ILLUSTRATED ONE BY ONE. THROUGH GUIDED READING OF THE PLATES STUDENTS ACKNOLEDGE THE GRAPHIC PRODUCTION AND THE PUNCTUAL SINGLE OUT OF ITS CHARACTERS. THE PURPOSE OF THE LECTURES IS TO ALWAYS CREATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS WHO ARE INVITED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO REFLECT ABOUT EVOLUTIONARY PROCEEDINGS.
EXERCISES ABOUT THE MAIN REFERENCE WORKS OF MANUSCRIPTS ON TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL SUPPORT USED; GUIDED VISITS TO LIBRARIES WHERE PARTICIPANTS WILL VIEW ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN APPLYING THEMES TO CONCRETE EXAMPLES.
Verification of learning
EVALUATION WILL CONSIST OF AN ORAL EXAM WHICH CHECKS THE ABILITY OF THE STUDENT TO RECOGNISE GRAPHIC IDENTIFY, TO DATE AND PLACE TEXTS IN THE RIGHT HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT, TO READ AND ANALYSE *FACSIMILAR EXAMPLES OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE.
THE STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES (EXPLAIN THEIR IDEAS) CLEARLY USING APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND THE RIGHT CONCEPTUAL CATEGORIES OF THE DISCIPLINE.
Texts
P. CHERUBINI, LA SCRITTURA LATINA: STORIA, FORME, USI, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, 2019.
A. PETRUCCI-C. ROMEO, SCRIPTORES IN URBIBUS: ALFABETISMO E CULTURA SCRITTA NELL'ITALIA ALTOMEDIEVALE, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA 1992.
A. PRATESI, GENESI E FORME DEL DOCUMENTO MEDIEVALE, JOUVENCE, ROMA 1999 (GUIDE) [LIMITED TO THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE].
More Information
STUDENTS ATTENDING DEGREE COURSE IN CLASSICAL STUDIES WILL FOLLOW THE PROGRAM OF THE FIRST MODULE (30 HRS - 6 CFU).

DURING THE COURSE REPRODUTIONS OF THE LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTARY SCRIPTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. I RECOMMEND ATTENDANCE. WE RECOMMEND A KNOWLEDGE OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY.
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