Enrollment year
2009/2010
Academic discipline
M-STO/09 (PALAEOGRAPHY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Curriculum
L'EUROPA NEL MEDIOEVO
Period
1st semester (01/10/2009 - 13/01/2010)
Lesson hours
50 lesson hours
Prerequisites
An adequate knowledge of ancient and medieval history is required
Learning outcomes
The course intends to offer a basic knowledge about the graphical historical processes characterizing the Latin Western world, in connection with changes in forms, social functions, typologies of books, and document production during the late ancient and middle ages; moreover, the course will offer some methological starting points for the critical examination of manuscripts (transcription, description, dating, etc).
Course contents
The course aims to analyze the history, changes and consolidation of graphic systems from the ancient to the late middle ages, with particular regard for the traditional topics (from capital to small letters; the origins of ''minuscola carolina''; the coming of ''littera textualis'') that stimulated debates and controversies among the scholars between the 19th and 20th centuries. The lectures will be supplemented by exercises (20 hours ) involving the reading, transcription, and commentary of manuscripts.
Teaching methods
Lectures and exercises.
Reccomended or required readings
**A. Petrucci**, //Breve storia della scrittura latina//, Roma 1989
**A. Petrucci**, //Prima lezione di paleografia//, Bari 2002
Not regular attenders have also to read:
**A. Petrucci**, //Scrivere e leggere nell’Italia medievale//, Milano 2007.
Assessment methods
Oral exam
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