PALEOGRAFIA

Knowledge of the essential elements of Latin paleography from the archaic age to the late ancient and early medieval age. Knowledge of the scripts (majuscule, minuscule, cursive, uncial, semi-uncial, carolingian, ecc.), and the documents of different nature.

Knowledge of the essential elements of the history of ancient book and its evolution: volumen and codex.

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

Acquisition of reading ability of ancient documents, epigraphs, papyri, parchments and their geographical and chronological location.

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

The birth of paleography and its historical development. The Latin script. The history of ancient book (volumen and codex). Palimpsest on parchment. The early medieval scripts.

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.

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

M. Davies – N. Harris, Aldo Manuzio. L’uomo, l’editore, il mito, Carocci Editore – Roma 2020, pp. 1-206.

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.