PAPIROLOGIA

Knowledge of the essential elements of Latin papyrology, of the millennial history of scripture, of latin scripture and book history.

Knowledge of the methodology and use of papyri, tablets, inscriptions, for the reconstruction of political history, social and economic of ancient Rome.

Acquisition of reading ability and understanding of the documentary papyri, identifying private or public and contextualizing the contents.

Traditional, helped by new technologies for the reading of ancient documents.

Papyrology and historical development, documentary papyri. The alphabetical scriptures. Latin scriptures. Other materials. The ancient book.

During the lessons documents of different nature will be showed and discussed.

- M. Capasso, Introduzione alla papirologia, Il Mulino – Bologna 2005, pp. 1-247.

- O. Licandro, Augusto e la res publica imperiale. Studi epigrafici e papirologici, G. Giappichelli Editore – Torino 2018, pp. 1-354.

- G. Purpura, Diritto, papiri e scrittura, Giappichelli Editore – Torino 1999, pp. 1-202.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.