LATIN PALEOGRAPHY

Giuliana CAPRIOLO LATIN PALEOGRAPHY

0322200064
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO GENNAIO15/01/2025 - 11:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO15/02/2025 - 11:00
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS AT STUDYING IN DETAIL SOME ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF LATIN WRITING WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TOOLS FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF MANUSCRIPT BOOKS AND THEIR TRADITION AND ALSO FOR AN APPROPRIATE CATALOGRAPHIC AND INVENTORY DESCRIPTION.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL LEARN:
- THE MAIN TYPES OF HANDWRITING AND TYPOLOGY OF WRITERS OF BOOK MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS;
- THE MAIN SYSTEMS OF CATALOGUING AND INVENTORY DESCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPT UNITS.
STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY HISTORICAL FIELDS RELATED TO PRODUCTION AND USE OF MANUSCRIPTS; THEY WILL RECOGNISE CRITICAL-INTERPRETATIVE METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF HANDWRITTEN EVIDENCE AND RELATED ENHANCEMENT STRATEGIES.

ABILITY OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
-IDENTIFY, READ CORRECTLY, DATE, ANALYSE, CONTEXTUALISE, DESCRIBE VARIOUS TYPES OF MANUSCRIPTS USING THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY OF THE DISCIPLINE
-ANALYSE AND EVALUATE CRITICALLY THE VARIOUS TYPES AND FUNCTIONS OF MANUSCRIPT EVIDENCE REFERRED TO THE PERIODS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
STUDENTS WILL APPLY SPECIFIC PALAEOGRAPHIC TOOLS IN PARTICULAR TO THE FIELD OF PRESERVATION, RESEARCH AND PROMOTION OF THE HANDBOOK HERITAGE.

INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO INTERPRET THE HANDWRITTEN TESTIMONIES CRITICALLY, MAKING USE OF THE ACQUIRED TOOLS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE CORRECTLY THE RESULTS OF READING AND INTERPRETATION ACTIVITIES OF THE EVIDENCE EXAMINED USING THE CONCEPTUAL CATEGORIES OF THE DISCIPLINE.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE REPERTORIES OF HANDWRITTEN SOURCES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND IT RESOURCES
- UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE CONTINUOUSLY USING THE DEDICATED TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
WE RECOMMEND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC FEATURES OF THE PALAEOGRAPHY.
Contents
WRITINGS AND BOOKS OF THE ANCIENT AND LATE ROMAN AGE WITH PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION TO SOUTHERN ITALY. THE SCRIPTS OF GRAPHICAL PARTICULARISM AND THE NEW COMMON WRITING. SCRIPTS AND FUNCTIONS OF BOOKS OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES. THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE MODERN AGE.
BASIC ELEMENTS ABOUT THE MANUSCRIPT DESCRIPTION.
Teaching Methods
EVERY LECTURE CONSISTS OF A THEORY PART – WITH PURPOSE TO THE HISTORICAL FRAME OF GRAPHIC PHENOMENONS – AND OF A PRATICAL PART WITH A DESCRIPTION OF REPRODUCTIONS OF BOOK SCRIPTS. THE STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO REFLECT ABOUT WRITINGS, DOCUMENTS AND HANDWRITTEN BOOKS AND EVOLUTIONARY PROCEEDINGS.
GUIDED VISITS TO LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES WILL TAKE PLACE, WHERE PARTICIPANTS WILL VIEW ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN APPLYING THEMES TO CONCRETE EXAMPLES.
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM - THE EVALUATION WILL BE EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS. IT WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CAPACITY OF THE STUDENT OF:
- SHOWING THEIR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY, CONTEXTUALIZE AND EXPLAIN IN A CRITICAL WAY TEXTS FROM BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THEM IN FACSIMILE:
- PRESENTING CLEARLY USING TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AT A GOOD LEVEL;
- DISCUSSING AND SET THE GRAPHICAL PHENOMENA IN THEIR HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT.
Texts
- A. BARTOLI LANGELI, SCRITTURE E LIBRI DA ALCUINO A GUTENBERG, IN STORIA D'EUROPA, III. IL MEDIOEVO. SECOLI V-XV, ED. G. ORTALLI, EINAUDI, TORINO 1994, PP. 935-983.
- E. CONDELLO, UNA SCRITTURA E UN TERRITORIO. L'ONCIALE DEI SECOLI V-VIII NELL'ITALIA MERIDIONALE, SPOLETO 1994 (BIBLIOTECA DI MEDIOEVO LATINO 12), PP. 3-36; 44-49; 52-57; 60-63; 93-99; 105-112.
- P. FIORETTI, LIBRI IN SCRITTURA BENEVENTANA DI CONTENUTO GRAMMATICALE, IN LA PRODUZIONE SCRITTA TECNICA E SCIENTIFICA NEL MEDIOEVO: LIBRO E DOCUMENTO TRA SCUOLE E PROFESSIONI, EDS. G. DE GREGORIO-M. GALANTE, SPOLETO 2012, PP. 31-61.
- NORME PER LA DESCRIZIONE DEI MANOSCRITTI, EDS M. PALMA, T. DE ROBERTIS N. GIOVE' MARCHIOLI, FIRENZE, SISMEL- BIBLIOTECA DEL GALLUZZO, 2021
- A. PETRUCCI, LETTERATURA ITALIANA: UNA STORIA ATTRAVERSO LA SCRITTURA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2022, LIMITATAMENTE ALLE PP. 11-62; 93-125.

REPRODUTIONS OF WRITINGS FROM BOOKS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS TAKEN MAINLY FROM F. STEFFENS, PALÉOGRAPHIE LATINE. ... PARIS. 1910, RIST. ANAST. ROMA 1982 AND ONLINE CATALOGS OF DIGITIZED MANUSCRIPTS. LISTED ON PROFESSOR'S WEBSITE.

WE RECOMMEND THE LECTURE OF A GOOD HANDBOOK OF LATIN PALEOGRAPHY TO HAVE HISTORICALLY FRAME, FOR EXAMPLE: P. CHERUBINI - A. PRATESI, PALEOGRAFIA LATINA. L'AVVENTURA GRAFICA DEL MONDO OCCIDENTALE, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO, SCUOLA VATICANA DI PALEOGRAFIA, DIPLOMATICA E ARCHIVISTICA, 2010 (LITTERA ANTIQUA, 16).

>>> FURTHER BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE AND WILL BE REPORTED ON THE PROFESSOR WEBSITE.
More Information
DURING THE COURSE DIGITIZED MANUSCRIPTS WILL BE CONSULTED BY ONLINE CATALOGUES AND REPERTORIES; REPRODUTIONS OF THE LIBRARY SCRIPTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
GUIDED VISITS TO LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES WILL TAKE PLACE, WHERE PARTICIPANTS WILL VIEW ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN APPLYING THEMES TO CONCRETE EXAMPLES.

I RECOMMEND ATTENDANCE.
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