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B004449 - PALEOGRAPHY
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Course program
Academic Year 2020-21
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Humanities (DILEF)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-STO/09 - PALEOGRAPHY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
14/09/2020 ⇒ 04/12/2020
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B004817 - PALEOGRAFIA (FONDAMENTI DI PALEOGRAFIA, DIPLOMATICA E CODICOLOGIA)
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, FINE ARTS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Curriculum BENI ARCHIVISTICI E LIBRARI
B004817 - PALEOGRAFIA (FONDAMENTI DI PALEOGRAFIA, DIPLOMATICA E CODICOLOGIA)
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, FINE ARTS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Curriculum BENI ARCHIVISTICI E LIBRARI
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Introduction to the study of written sources (late Antiquity-15th century): documents and books; writing tools and materials; methods and principles of analysis of medieval documents and books (12th-15th c.)
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
H. Bresslau, Manuale di diplomatica per la Germania e per l’Italia, Roma 1998, pp. 1093-1123.
T. De Robertis, Codicologia, in Biblioteconomia. Guida classificata, a cura di M. Guerrini, Milano 2007, pp. 819-821.
T. De Robertis, Questioni preliminari e generali, «Medioevo e Rinascimento», 7 (1993), pp. 161-193 (in particolare pp. 167-174).
A. Ghignoli, Diplomatica, in Biblioteconomia. Guida classificata, a cura di M. Guerrini, Milano 2007, pp. 908-914;
J. Mallon, Paléographie romaine, Madrid 1952, pp. 21-29.
M. Maniaci, Breve storia del libro manoscritto, Roma 2019.
A. Pratesi, Genesi e forme del documento medievale, Roma 1979, pp. 29-88 e 123-135.
S. Zamponi, Paleografia latina, in Biblioteconomia. Guida classificata, a cura di M. Guerrini, Milano 2007, pp. 869-872.
T. De Robertis, Codicologia, in Biblioteconomia. Guida classificata, a cura di M. Guerrini, Milano 2007, pp. 819-821.
T. De Robertis, Questioni preliminari e generali, «Medioevo e Rinascimento», 7 (1993), pp. 161-193 (in particolare pp. 167-174).
A. Ghignoli, Diplomatica, in Biblioteconomia. Guida classificata, a cura di M. Guerrini, Milano 2007, pp. 908-914;
J. Mallon, Paléographie romaine, Madrid 1952, pp. 21-29.
M. Maniaci, Breve storia del libro manoscritto, Roma 2019.
A. Pratesi, Genesi e forme del documento medievale, Roma 1979, pp. 29-88 e 123-135.
S. Zamponi, Paleografia latina, in Biblioteconomia. Guida classificata, a cura di M. Guerrini, Milano 2007, pp. 869-872.
Learning Objectives
The course will teach basic skills for the analysis of Medieval and Renaissance scripts, manuscript books and documents. Students will be taught principles of transcriptions, analysis and description of documentary and literary manuscript sources.
Prerequisites
Very good knowledge of written and spoken Italian. Knowledge of Medieval and Renaissance history and cultural history. Basic knowledge of Latin.
Teaching Methods
36 hours of theorethical and practical lessons. Students need to download from Moodle all the teaching materials (facsimiles, transcriptions, bibliography etc.). Attendance is recommended, as well as active participation of students.
Further information
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Type of Assessment
Written tests and oral exam.
Course program
Before each lesson, students are required to download teaching materials from Moodle (plates, transcriptions, papers etc.), since they are an integral part of the course programme.
1. Introduction to the study of written sources
1.1. Definitions and historical foundations of Palaeography, Codicology and Diplomatics (research fields, methods, goals).
1.2. Libraries, archives, reference.
Teaching materials in Moodle and bibliography:
- T. De Robertis, Codicologia; A. Ghignoli, Diplomatica; S. Zamponi, Paleografia latina, in Biblioteconomia. Guida classificata, ed. M. Guerrini, Milano 2007, pp. 819-821, 908-914 e 869-872.
2. Palaeography
2.1. Principles and methods of palaeographical analysis.
2.2. Medieval abbreviations.
2.3. Principles of transcription.
Teaching materials in Moodle and bibliography:
- T. De Robertis, Questioni preliminari e generali, «Medioevo e Rinascimento», 7 (1993), pp. 161-193 (esp. pp. 167-174).
- J. Mallon, Paléographie romaine, Madrid 1952, pp. 21-29.
3. Codicology
3.1. Writing tools and materials.
3.2. The making and shaping of the book.
3.3. Principles of codicological description.
3.4. An overview of the history of the book.
Teaching materials in Moodle and bibliography:
- M. Maniaci, Breve storia del libro manoscritto, Roma 2019.
4. Diplomatics
4.1. Foundations of Diplomatics; private and public documents; external and internal features.
4.2. Analysis of medieval documents and principles of edition.
4.3. Chronology.
Teaching materials in Moodle and bibliography:
- H. Bresslau, Manuale di diplomatica per la Germania e per l’Italia, Roma 1998, pp. 1093-1123.
- A. Pratesi, Genesi e forme del documento medievale, Roma 1979, pp. 29-88 and 123-135.
5. Assessment
5.1. Written test. Before the oral exam, students are required to take a written test (transcription of a short manuscript text and some questions of Codicology and Diplomatics).
5.2. Oral exam: 1) reading test of some plates assigned during the course; 2) assessment of parts 1-4 of the programme: bibliography, teaching materials, notes. Students are also required to frame and discuss the plates examined during the course.
1. Introduction to the study of written sources
1.1. Definitions and historical foundations of Palaeography, Codicology and Diplomatics (research fields, methods, goals).
1.2. Libraries, archives, reference.
Teaching materials in Moodle and bibliography:
- T. De Robertis, Codicologia; A. Ghignoli, Diplomatica; S. Zamponi, Paleografia latina, in Biblioteconomia. Guida classificata, ed. M. Guerrini, Milano 2007, pp. 819-821, 908-914 e 869-872.
2. Palaeography
2.1. Principles and methods of palaeographical analysis.
2.2. Medieval abbreviations.
2.3. Principles of transcription.
Teaching materials in Moodle and bibliography:
- T. De Robertis, Questioni preliminari e generali, «Medioevo e Rinascimento», 7 (1993), pp. 161-193 (esp. pp. 167-174).
- J. Mallon, Paléographie romaine, Madrid 1952, pp. 21-29.
3. Codicology
3.1. Writing tools and materials.
3.2. The making and shaping of the book.
3.3. Principles of codicological description.
3.4. An overview of the history of the book.
Teaching materials in Moodle and bibliography:
- M. Maniaci, Breve storia del libro manoscritto, Roma 2019.
4. Diplomatics
4.1. Foundations of Diplomatics; private and public documents; external and internal features.
4.2. Analysis of medieval documents and principles of edition.
4.3. Chronology.
Teaching materials in Moodle and bibliography:
- H. Bresslau, Manuale di diplomatica per la Germania e per l’Italia, Roma 1998, pp. 1093-1123.
- A. Pratesi, Genesi e forme del documento medievale, Roma 1979, pp. 29-88 and 123-135.
5. Assessment
5.1. Written test. Before the oral exam, students are required to take a written test (transcription of a short manuscript text and some questions of Codicology and Diplomatics).
5.2. Oral exam: 1) reading test of some plates assigned during the course; 2) assessment of parts 1-4 of the programme: bibliography, teaching materials, notes. Students are also required to frame and discuss the plates examined during the course.