Books, charters and scripts from the Classical age to the Renaissance in Latin West. Chronology and abbreviations. Transcription and analysis of written records. Analysis of particular case-studies in Latin palaeography
E. CASAMASSIMA, Tradizione corsiva e tradizione libraria nella scrittura latina del Medioevo, Roma, Gela, 1988.
B P. CHERUBINI – A. PRATESI, Paleografia latina. L’avventura grafica del mondo occidentale, Città del Vaticano, Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica, 2010.
Learning Objectives
This course will provide an introduction to the history of documentary script in Italy (XIth – XIIIth century)
Prerequisites
Excellent skills in reading and speaking Italian; knowledge of history and of cultural history from late Antiquity to the Middle Age; good skills in reading Latin; basic knowledge of Latin palaeography, codicology and diplomatics
Teaching Methods
Oral lessons, with presentation and analysis of photographic reproductions of Latin scripts.
Further information
To make inquiries:
stefano.zamponi@unifi.it; stefano.zamponi@alice.it
Type of Assessment
Written papers; oral examination
Course program
This course will provide a historical overview of the different handwritten witnesses which are characteristic of the book scripts between XIIth and XIVth centuries: especially the origin of a new book script, the littera textualis, and the use of documentary scripts in XIVth century book production.