PALEOGRAFIA

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

The birth of paleography and its historical development. The types of writing. The ancient book (volumen and codex). Palimpsest on parchment. The early medieval scriptures.

During the lessons documentary papyri, inscriptions, manuscripts and other documents will be showed and discussed.

P. Cherubini – A. Pratesi, Paleografia latina. L’avventura grafica del mondo occidentale, Città del Vaticano, 2010, pp. 1-514.

G. Cavallo, La scrittura greca e latina. Un’introduzione, F. Serra Editore – Pisa/Roma, 2008, pp. 1-190.

L. Canfora, Il copista come autore, Sellerio - Palermo 2019, pp. 1-179.

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.