Filologia, Letterature e Storia dell'Antichità | GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY

cod. 0322200035

GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY

	0322200035
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF7
	ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
	2018/2019

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/09	9	45	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	SKILLS TO BE ACQUIRED: KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN HANDWRITINGS AND ABILITY IN INTERPRETING AND VALUING CRITICALLY TYPOLOGY AND FUNCTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT BOOKS FROM THE CONSIDERED PERIODS; ABILITY IN APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGES INTO THE STUDY OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF CLASSICAL AUTHORS.

	Prerequisites
	AN ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL GREEK IS REQUIRED.

	Contents
	THEMES AND PROBLEMS OF GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY IN RELATIONSHIP WITH ANCIENT TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION AND MATERIAL RECEPTION: THE BIGGEST TURNING POINTS OF THE HISTORY OF HANDWRITING IN BYZANTIUM FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO HUMANISM. - AFTER A METHODOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION, THE COURSE WILL CONSIDER SOME OUTSTANDING PERIODS OF THE GREEK WRITING CULTURE: 1) ASPECTS OF MANUSCRIPT PRODUCTION IN THE MAJUSCULE CANONS BETWEEN 4TH AND 9TH CENTURY; 2) THE ORIGIN OF GREEK MINUSCULE SCRIPT AND THE FATE OF ANCIENT LITERATURE IN BYZANTIUM BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH/10TH CENTURY; 3) OFFICIALS AND MANUSCRIPT SCRIBES BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH CENTURY; 4) PROFANE LITERATURE AND ITS MATERIAL RECEPTION DURING THE PALAEOLOGAN RENAISSANCE (13TH-14TH CENTURIES); 5) BYZANTIUM AND ITALY IN THE 15TH CENTURY: SCRIBES AND SCHOLARS IN THE LAST BYZANTINE ERA AND IN THE HUMANISM.

THEMES AND PROBLEMS OF GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY IN RELATIONSHIP WITH ANCIENT TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION AND MATERIAL RECEPTION: THE BIGGEST TURNING POINTS OF THE HISTORY OF HANDWRITING IN BYZANTIUM FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO HUMANISM. - AFTER A METHODOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION, THE COURSE WILL CONSIDER SOME OUTSTANDING PERIODS OF THE GREEK WRITING CULTURE:
1) ASPECTS OF MANUSCRIPT PRODUCTION IN THE MAJUSCULE CANONS BETWEEN 4TH AND 9TH CENTURY;
2) THE ORIGIN OF GREEK MINUSCULE SCRIPT AND THE FATE OF ANCIENT LITERATURE IN BYZANTIUM BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH/10TH CENTURY;
3) OFFICIALS AND MANUSCRIPT SCRIBES BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH CENTURY;
4) PROFANE LITERATURE AND ITS MATERIAL RECEPTION DURING THE PALAEOLOGAN RENAISSANCE (13TH-14TH CENTURIES);
5) BYZANTIUM AND ITALY IN THE 15TH CENTURY: SCRIBES AND SCHOLARS IN THE LAST BYZANTINE ERA AND IN THE HUMANISM.

	Teaching Methods
	LESSONS WILL INCLUDE BOTH A PART OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF DISPLAY FACSIMILES OF HANDWRITINGS SUCH AS ELEMENTS OF MATERIAL ANALYSIS AND COLLATION OF MANUSCRIPT WITNESSES. THE EXPOSITION OF THE CONTENTS SUBTENDS A STRONG INTERACTION WITH RELATED SCIENTIFICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL AREAS (BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION, CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY, ANCIENT HISTORY, MEDIAEVAL HISTORY, DISCIPLINES OF THE BOOK AND THE DOCUMENT).

Teaching Methods

LESSONS WILL INCLUDE BOTH A PART OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF DISPLAY FACSIMILES OF HANDWRITINGS SUCH AS ELEMENTS OF MATERIAL ANALYSIS AND COLLATION OF MANUSCRIPT WITNESSES. THE EXPOSITION OF THE CONTENTS SUBTENDS A STRONG INTERACTION WITH RELATED SCIENTIFICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL AREAS (BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION, CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY, ANCIENT HISTORY, MEDIAEVAL HISTORY, DISCIPLINES OF THE BOOK AND THE DOCUMENT).

	Verification of learning
	LEARNING CHECK DURING THE EXERCISES AND THROUGH A FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION ON THE THEMES OF THE LESSONS. THE CRITERIA OF JUDGMENT WILL INCLUDE A DEEP EVALUATION ON THE ACQUIRED LEARNING ABILITIES (READING OF FACSIMILES AND EXPOSURE OF THE PRINCIPAL PALAEOGRAPHICAL THEMES), ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF A HIGH TECHNICAL LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS ON THE ABILITY INTO FRAMING THE GRAPHIC PHENOMENON IN ITS CULTURE-HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

Verification of learning

LEARNING CHECK DURING THE EXERCISES AND THROUGH A FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION ON THE THEMES OF THE LESSONS. THE CRITERIA OF JUDGMENT WILL INCLUDE A DEEP EVALUATION ON THE ACQUIRED LEARNING ABILITIES (READING OF FACSIMILES AND EXPOSURE OF THE PRINCIPAL PALAEOGRAPHICAL THEMES), ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF A HIGH TECHNICAL LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS ON THE ABILITY INTO FRAMING THE GRAPHIC PHENOMENON IN ITS CULTURE-HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

	Texts
	1) L. PERRIA, GRAPHIS. PER UNA STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA GRECA LIBRARIA (SECOLI IV A.C. - XVI D.C.), ROMA - CITTÀ DEL VATICANO 2011 (QUADERNI DI NEA RHOME, 1) [SELECTED PASSAGES]. –– 2) H. FOLLIERI, CODICES GRAECI BIBLIOTHECAE VATICANAE SELECTI TEMPORUM LOCORUMQUE ORDINE DIGESTI COMMENTARIIS ET TRANSCRIPTIONIBUS INSTRUCTI, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO, BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA, 1969 (EXEMPLA SCRIPTURARUM, IV) [SELECTED PLATES WITH TRANSCRIPTIONS]. –– 3) P. CANART – A. JACOB – S. LUCÀ – L. PERRIA, FACSIMILI DI CODICI GRECI DELLA BIBLIOTECA VATICANA, 1. TAVOLE, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO, BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA, 1998 (EXEMPLA SCRIPTURARUM, V) [SELECTED PLATES WITH TRANSCRIPTIONS]. –– 4) G. DE GREGORIO, MATERIALI VECCHI E NUOVI PER UNO STUDIO DELLA MINUSCOLA GRECA FRA VII E IX SECOLO, IN I MANOSCRITTI GRECI GRECI TRA RIFLESSIONE E DIBATTITO. ATTI DEL V COLLOQUIO INTERNAZIONALE DI PALEOGRAFIA GRECA, ED. BY G. PRATO, FIRENZE, GONNELLI, 2000 (PAPYROLOGICA FLORENTINA, 31), PP. 83-151. –– 5) G. DE GREGORIO, LA SCRITTURA GRECA DI ETÀ PALEOLOGA (SECOLI XIII-XIV). UN PANORAMA, IN SCRITTURA MEMORIA DEGLI UOMINI, ED. BY F. MAGISTRALE, BARI, ECUMENICA EDITRICE, 2006, PP. 81-138. –– 6) G. DE GREGORIO - G. PRATO, SCRITTURA ARCAIZZANTE IN CODICI PROFANI E SACRI DELLA PRIMA ETÀ PALEOLOGA, IN RÖMISCHE HISTORISCHE MITTEILUNGEN 45 (2003), PP. 59-101.

Texts

1) L. PERRIA, GRAPHIS. PER UNA STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA GRECA LIBRARIA (SECOLI IV A.C. - XVI D.C.), ROMA - CITTÀ DEL VATICANO 2011 (QUADERNI DI NEA RHOME, 1) [SELECTED PASSAGES]. ––

2) H. FOLLIERI, CODICES GRAECI BIBLIOTHECAE VATICANAE SELECTI TEMPORUM LOCORUMQUE ORDINE DIGESTI COMMENTARIIS ET TRANSCRIPTIONIBUS INSTRUCTI, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO, BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA, 1969 (EXEMPLA SCRIPTURARUM, IV) [SELECTED PLATES WITH TRANSCRIPTIONS]. ––

3) P. CANART – A. JACOB – S. LUCÀ – L. PERRIA, FACSIMILI DI CODICI GRECI DELLA BIBLIOTECA VATICANA, 1. TAVOLE, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO, BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA, 1998 (EXEMPLA SCRIPTURARUM, V) [SELECTED PLATES WITH TRANSCRIPTIONS]. ––

4) G. DE GREGORIO, MATERIALI VECCHI E NUOVI PER UNO STUDIO DELLA MINUSCOLA GRECA FRA VII E IX SECOLO, IN I MANOSCRITTI GRECI GRECI TRA RIFLESSIONE E DIBATTITO. ATTI DEL V COLLOQUIO INTERNAZIONALE DI PALEOGRAFIA GRECA, ED. BY G. PRATO, FIRENZE, GONNELLI, 2000 (PAPYROLOGICA FLORENTINA, 31), PP. 83-151. ––

5) G. DE GREGORIO, LA SCRITTURA GRECA DI ETÀ PALEOLOGA (SECOLI XIII-XIV). UN PANORAMA, IN SCRITTURA MEMORIA DEGLI UOMINI, ED. BY F. MAGISTRALE, BARI, ECUMENICA EDITRICE, 2006, PP. 81-138. ––

6) G. DE GREGORIO - G. PRATO, SCRITTURA ARCAIZZANTE IN CODICI PROFANI E SACRI DELLA PRIMA ETÀ PALEOLOGA, IN RÖMISCHE HISTORISCHE MITTEILUNGEN 45 (2003), PP. 59-101.

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	THE COURSE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER. ATTENDANCE IS NOT COMPULSORY THOUGH HIGHLY RECOMMENDED; NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE REQUESTED TO ARRANGE THE SYLLABUS WITH THE PROFESSOR BEFORE THE COURSE ENDS.

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