Lucio DEL CORSO | GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY
Lucio DEL CORSO GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY
cod. 0312800032
GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY
| 0312800032 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE | |
| EQF6 | |
| CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES | |
| 2022/2023 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 3 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-STO/09 | 6 | 30 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE MAIN EVOLUTIONS OF GREEK HANDWRITINGS FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE 13TH CENTURY, CONSIDERING ALSO THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS. MOREOVER, IT WILL EXAMINE THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL USES OF HANDWRITING IN THE GREEK WORLD, SURVEYING AT THE SAME TIMES THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SCRIPTS AND THE DIFFERENT WRITING MATERIALS. KNOWLEDGES TO BE ACQUIRED: - BASILAR NOTIONS ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN GREEK HANDWRITINGS; - WAYS OF ESTABLISHING THE DATES OF GREEK MANUSCRIPTS; - CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WRITING MATERIALS EMPLOYED BY THE GREEKS - MAIN DATABASES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES FOR STUDIES INVOLVING GREEK MANUSCRIPTS |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| SOME BASILAR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE WOULD BE CRUCIAL, ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE LESSONS. |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE FIRST LESSONS WILL FOCUS ON SOME BASILAR NOTIONS: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE DISCIPLINE; THE MAIN METHODOLOGIES; THE TERMINOLOGY EMPLOYED; THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGE. THEN, THE MAIN STEPS OF GREEK HANDWRITINGS WILL BE SURVEYED, STARTING FROM LATE ANTIQUE NORMATIVE MAJUSCULES TO THE MINUSCULES EMPLOYED IN BYZANTIUM FOR BOOK PRODUCTION UNTIL THE 13TH CENTURY. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| FRONTAL LESSONS, WITH STUDY OF (PRINTED AND DIGITAL) FACSIMILES. REPRODUCTIONS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN A COLLECTIVE DIMENSIONS. MOREOVER, THERE WILL BE VISITS TO SOME MAJOR LIBRARIES (AS THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NAPLES AND/OR THE BIBLIOTECA MEDICEA LAURENZIANA AT FLORENCE), BUT ONLY AFTER A SURVEY OF THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE MANUSCRIPTS AND ACCORDING TO THE ACTUAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE STUDENTS TO COME. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| ORAL EXAMS. THE ORAL EXAM IS AIMED TO CHECK THAT THE STUDENTS CORRECTLY UNDERSTAND THE BASILAR PRINCIPLES AND INFORMATIONS GIVEN DURING THE COURSE; MOREOVER, IT WILL ALLOW THE TEACHER TO JUDGE HOW THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO EXPRESS COMPLEX REASONINGS ON THE PAPYROLOGICAL MATERIALS DISCUSSED, THROUGH HER/HIS PREVIOUS HISTORICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES. THE EXAM USUALLY IS APPROX. 30 MINUTES LONG, AND CONSISTS OF FIVE QUESTIONS: THREE ON THE MANUSCRIPTS EXAMINED DURING THE LESSONS, TWO ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE DISCIPLINE. STUDENTS WILL BE EXAMINED FOLLOWING THE ORDER OF THEIR INSCRIPTIONS TO THE EXAMS; THE ORDER, ANYWAY, CAN BE CHANGED ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC REQUESTS AND NECESSITIES. |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| LUCIO DEL CORSO, "IL LIBRO NEL MONDO ANTICO. ARCHEOLOGIA E STORIA", ROMA, CAROCCI, 2022, PP. 45-98 E 213-257. E. CRISCI - P. DEGNI (A CURA DI), "LA SCRITTURA GRECA DALL'ANTICHITÀ ALL'EPOICA DELLA STAMPA. UNA INTRODUZIONE", ROMA, CAROCCI 2015, PP. 104-141; 168-176; 179-189. E. FOLLIERI, CODICES GRAECI BIBLIOTHECAE VATICANAE SELECTI TEMPORUM LOCORUMQUE ORDINE DIGESTI COMMENTARIIS ET TRANSCRIPTIONIBUS INSTRUCTI, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO, BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA, 1969 (EXEMPLA SCRIPTURARUM, IV) [SELECTION OF IMAGES TO BE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE LESSONS] OTHER REPRODUCTIONS, FROM DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS, WILL BE GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS DURING THE LESSONS. EVENTUAL FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO DO NOT KNOW ITALIAN ENOUGH ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO CONTACT ME IN ORDER TO ARRANGE SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES. |
| More Information | |
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| FOLLOWING THE LESSONS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, THOUGH NOT COMPULSORY. EVENTUAL STUDENTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE LESSONS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO CONTACT ME, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMME. |
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