The course focuses on Paleography, or the history of writing in Latin characters from the Roman Age to the beginning of the Modern Age.
Knowledge and understanding: Students will learn the fundamental principles and methodology of Paleography, the main phases of its history, as well as the fundamental notions necessary to identify the different scripts by assigning them to a specific area and era, to understand the different alphabetic signs and accessories and to decipher the abbreviations that accompany them.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Thanks also to the exercises, the student will be able to recognize the most widespread epigraphic, book and documentary writings in the Italian peninsula, to place them in time and space, to read and correctly transcribe a manuscript text.
Making judgments: The student will acquire the tools to deal independently with a single handwritten testimony and to deepen their knowledge in the paleographic field.
Communication skills: Students will be able to clearly present the knowledge acquired and the topics covered by the course.
Learning skills: Students will have acquired the ability to independently continue the study of Paleography.