Lettere | LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY

cod. 0312600045

LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY

	0312600045
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES

	ARTS
	2014/2015

CURRICULUM LETTERE CLASSICHE

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/09	6	30	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE IS AIMED TO DELINEATE THE HISTORY OF LATIN WRITING FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE DIFFUSION OF THE PRESS. (7TH B.C.-16TH A.C. CENTURIES) WITH THE PURPOSE TO FURNISH KNOWLEDGE AND APPROPRIATE TOOLS TO READ, IDENTIFY AND TO HISTORICALLY FRAME HANDWRITTEN TESTIMONIES OF ANY NATURE AND FUNCTION. THE COURSE ALSO OFFERS THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF PALAEOGRAPHICAL METHODOLOGY AND HISTORIOGRAFY, OF THE HISTORY OF MANUSCRIPT BOOKS AND OF THEIR SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION.

THE COURSE IS AIMED TO DELINEATE THE HISTORY OF LATIN WRITING FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE DIFFUSION OF THE PRESS. (7TH B.C.-16TH A.C. CENTURIES) WITH THE PURPOSE TO FURNISH KNOWLEDGE AND APPROPRIATE TOOLS TO READ, IDENTIFY AND TO HISTORICALLY FRAME HANDWRITTEN TESTIMONIES OF ANY NATURE AND FUNCTION. THE COURSE ALSO OFFERS THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF PALAEOGRAPHICAL METHODOLOGY AND HISTORIOGRAFY, OF THE HISTORY OF MANUSCRIPT BOOKS AND OF THEIR SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION.

	Prerequisites
	WE RECOMMEND A KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN LANGUAGE AND OF HISTORY

	Contents
	PRINCIPLES AND TERMINOLOGY OF PLEOGRAFICAL ANALYSIS. MATERIALS, INSTRUMENTS, TECHNIQUES. THE LATIN WRITING OF THE ARCHAIC AGE. THE LATIN WRITING OF THE ROMAN AGE: THE CAPITAL SCRIPT, THE UNCIAL SCRIPT, THE HALF-UNCIAL SCRIPT. THE PASSAGE FROM THE CAPITAL SYSTEM TO THE SMALL SYSTEM. THE PASSAGE FROM THE LATE ROMAN AGE TO THE EARLY MIDDLE AGE. THE GRAPHIC PARTICULARISM IN ITALY: THE BENEVENTAN SCRIPT. THE CAROLINGIAN AND GOTIC UNIFICATION. THE ITALIAN "ROTUNDA" AND THE "LITTERAE SCHOLASTICAE". THE ITALIAN "CANCELLERESCA" SCRIPT. THE PETRARCHIAN GRAPHIC REFORM AND THE REVIVAL OF THE "ANTIQUA". THE HUMANISTIC SCRIPT AND THE "ANTIQUA TONDA". PRODUCTION SYSTEM OF HANDWRITTEN BOOKS: THE LAICAL ATELIERS AND THE ECCLESIASTICAL "SCRIPTORIA"; THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AND THE "PECIA" SYSTEM; THE MODERN HANDBOOK.

Contents

PRINCIPLES AND TERMINOLOGY OF PLEOGRAFICAL ANALYSIS. MATERIALS, INSTRUMENTS, TECHNIQUES. THE LATIN WRITING OF THE ARCHAIC AGE. THE LATIN WRITING OF THE ROMAN AGE: THE CAPITAL SCRIPT, THE UNCIAL SCRIPT, THE HALF-UNCIAL SCRIPT. THE PASSAGE FROM THE CAPITAL SYSTEM TO THE SMALL SYSTEM. THE PASSAGE FROM THE LATE ROMAN AGE TO THE EARLY MIDDLE AGE. THE GRAPHIC PARTICULARISM IN ITALY: THE BENEVENTAN SCRIPT. THE CAROLINGIAN AND GOTIC UNIFICATION. THE ITALIAN "ROTUNDA" AND THE "LITTERAE SCHOLASTICAE". THE ITALIAN "CANCELLERESCA" SCRIPT. THE PETRARCHIAN GRAPHIC REFORM AND THE REVIVAL OF THE "ANTIQUA". THE HUMANISTIC SCRIPT AND THE "ANTIQUA TONDA". PRODUCTION SYSTEM OF HANDWRITTEN BOOKS: THE LAICAL ATELIERS AND THE ECCLESIASTICAL "SCRIPTORIA"; THE UNIVERSITY BOOK AND THE "PECIA" SYSTEM; THE MODERN HANDBOOK.

	Teaching Methods
	EVERY LECTURE CONSISTS OF A THEORY PART - WITH PURPOSE TO THE HISTORICAL FRAME AND OF THE DESCRIPTION OF GRAPHIC PHENOMENONS - AND OF A PRATICAL PART DURING WHICH STUDENTS ARE PRESENTED WITH FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTIONS OF SCRIPTS WHICH ARE ILLUSTRATED ONE BY ONE. THROUGH GUIDED READING OF THE PLATES STUDENTS ACKNOLEDGE THE GRAPHIC PRODUCTION AND THE PUNCTUAL SINGLE OUT OF ITS CHARACTERS. THE PURPOSE OF THE LECTURES IS TO ALWAYS CREATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS WHO ARE INVITED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO REFLECT ABOUT EVOLUTIONARY PROCEEDINGS.

Teaching Methods

EVERY LECTURE CONSISTS OF A THEORY PART - WITH PURPOSE TO THE HISTORICAL FRAME AND OF THE DESCRIPTION OF GRAPHIC PHENOMENONS - AND OF A PRATICAL PART DURING WHICH STUDENTS ARE PRESENTED WITH FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTIONS OF SCRIPTS WHICH ARE ILLUSTRATED ONE BY ONE. THROUGH GUIDED READING OF THE PLATES STUDENTS ACKNOLEDGE THE GRAPHIC PRODUCTION AND THE PUNCTUAL SINGLE OUT OF ITS CHARACTERS. THE PURPOSE OF THE LECTURES IS TO ALWAYS CREATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS WHO ARE INVITED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO REFLECT ABOUT EVOLUTIONARY PROCEEDINGS.

	Verification of learning
	THE TRADITIONAL ORAL EXAM AT THE END OF THE COURSE CHECKS THE ABILITY OF THE STUDENT TO FRAME THE REACHED KNOWLEDGE IN AN OVERALL VISION AND TO COMMUNICATE IT WITH AN APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE. A FIRST AND TEMPORARY CHECK OF LEARNING STANDARDS TAKES PLACE DURING LECTURES, OF WHICH I RECOMMEND TO ATTEND.

	Texts
	A. PETRUCCI, BREVE STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA LATINA, BAGATTO LIBRI, ROMA 1992, CAPP. I-XII, XIV, XVI,-XVII, XX, XXII-XXIV, XXVII, XXIX, XXI, XXXIII-XXXIV.