PAPIROLOGIA

Knowledge of the essential elements of papyrology, of the millennial history of script (majuscule, minuscule, cursive, uncial scripts) and the history of the book.

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

Knowledge of the main epigraphic and papyrological repertoires and (paper and digital).

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

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

Papyrology and historical development, documentaries papyri. The alphabetical scriptures. Scriptures. Other materials. The ancient book.

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

O. Licandro, Ius scriptum. Lineamenti di Epigrafia e Papirologia, L’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2020, pp. vi + 304.

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

P. Parsons, La scoperta di Ossirinco. La vita quotidiana in Egitto ai tempi dei Romani, Carocci Editore – Roma 2014, pp. 1-269.

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.