STORIA DELLA SCRITTURA
(objectives)
The subject of the course is Paleography, the discipline that studies the History of writing, and in particular of handwriting based on the Latin alphabet, in its different phases, from its origins to the diffusion of movable type printing. Knowledge and understanding: The student will learn the fundamental principles and the proper method of Paleography, as well as the path traveled by the graphic system as a whole and through its branches, the techniques used to write in different eras, the process of producing the testimonies written and finally the products of this process themselves, in relation to their graphic aspect, whether they are books, inscriptions, documents or writings of an individual and private nature. Applying knowledge and understanding: The student, thanks also to the exercises, at the end of the course will be able to identify the different epigraphic, book and documentary writings, dating and localizing them, to analyze single written testimonies, reading them critically and transcribing them correctly, recognizing alphabetic and accessory signs (interpunctives, orthographic and critical, numeral digits, etc.) and decipher the related compendia. Making judgments: The student will acquire the tools to deal independently and critically with epigraphic, literary and documentary handwritten texts and to deepen their knowledge on the subjects of the discipline. Communication skills: Students will be able to communicate clearly and correctly, even to non-specialists, the knowledge and skills acquired, the subject of Paleography, its methodology and its purposes. Learning skills: Students will have acquired the tools and skills to continue the study of the discipline independently.
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Code
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18152 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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8
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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M-STO/09
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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Teacher
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CARDARELLI Francesco Maria
(syllabus)
The paleographic terminology. Media and writing tools (brush and scratch writing on plaster, wax tablets, papyrus, scroll and codex, parchment, paper). The paleographic transcription. The first phase of writing: from its origins to Late Antiquity. The archaic Latin alphabet. The Epigraphic Capital. The uppercase cursive with scratch and quill. The Roman Book Capital. The origins of the Minuscule. The New Roman Cursive. The Uncial. The Semi-Uncial. The Chanceries scripts. Punctuation and abbreviations in the Roman Age. The “Nomina Sacra”. The second phase of writing: origins and development of graphic particularism in the Early Middle Ages. The Insular scripts. The Merovingian minuscule. The Visigothic. Early medieval writings in Italy. The Papal Curial (Chancery) script. The Beneventan script. The abbreviation system in the Middle Age. The third phase of writing: the return to the unity of writing in the High Middle Age. The Caroline minuscule. The “Romanesca” minuscule. The Diplomatic minuscule. The fourth phase of writing: the Gothic era. The Transition minuscule. The “Littera textualis” and the “Litterae scholasticae”. The “Cancelleresca” minuscule. The Merchant script. The French Bastard. The fifth phase of writing: the reaction to Gothic writing and the scripts of Humanism and Renaissance. Francesco Petrarca and the Semi-gothic. Coluccio Salutati and the “Pre-antiqua”. Poggio Bracciolini and the “Antiqua” or Humanistic minuscule. Niccolò Niccoli and the Humanistic cursive. The Semi-gothic cursive scripts (“Semigotiche delle carte”). The Humanistic Epigraphical Capital. Handwriting in Italy after the invention and diffusion of printing: “Antiqua tonda” and “Italica”.
(reference books)
- Armando Petrucci, “Breve storia della scrittura latina”, Roma, Bagatto Libri, 1992. - Paolo Cherubini, “La scrittura latina: storia, forme, usi”, Roma, Carocci Editore, 2019. - Lecture notes and palaeography tables distributed during lessons and exercises. Many tables are taken from: “Paleografia latina. Tavole”, edited by Paolo Cherubini, Alessandro Pratesi, Città del Vaticano, Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica, 2004.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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