Archive and Library Theory and Management

Introduction to Paleography: lexicon and basic notions. The fundamental stages of the history of handwriting in the Latin world. The dialectic between maiuscule/minuscule and between calligraphic hand/cursive hand. From a unified system to particularism to a newfound unity. Writings of scholars, merchants, notaries in the Middle Ages. The return to ancient models by the Humanists and modern handwritings. Classroom work will help students become familiar with handwritten texts from various ages and origins, as well as the medieval abbreviation system. For those who wish to gain further training, a 20-hour Paleography Workshop (2 CFU in AAF1152- Other useful skills for inclusion in the world of work) has been set up to provide further reading practice under the guidance of the teacher. For all information, please consult the “News” section of the teacher profile.

A basic knowledge of the history of the Latin West (Late Antiquity - Early Modern Age) and an elementary knowledge of the Latin language will be very useful.

• Armando Petrucci, Breve storia della scrittura latina, Roma, Il Bagatto, 1992 (or later repr.) • Giorgio Cencetti, Vecchi e nuovi orientamenti nello studio della paleografia, «La Bibliofilia», L (1948), pp. 4-23 (repr. in Giorgio Cencetti, Scritti di paleografia, ed. by Giovanna Nicolaj, 2nd ed., Dietikon-Zürich, Urs Graf Verlag, 1995, pp. 23-45) • Armando Petrucci, Funzione della scrittura e terminologia paleografica, in Palaeographica, diplomatica et archivistica. Studi in onore di Giulio Battelli, I, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1979 (Storia e Letteratura. Raccolta di studi e testi, 139), pp. 3-30 • Giovanna Nicolaj, Questioni terminologiche e questioni di metodo, in In uno volumine. Studi in onore di cesare Scalon, ed. by Laura Pani, Udine, Forum, 2009, pp. 451-471 (repr. in Giovanna Nicolaj, Storie di documenti, storie di libri. Quarant’anni di studi, ricerche e vagabondaggi nell’età antica e medievale, ed. by Cristina Mantegna, Dietikon-Zürich, Urs Graf Verlag, 2013, pp. 369-382 • Stefano Zamponi, Il mestiere di paleografo, in Stefano Zamponi, Le ragioni della scrittura. Piccoli scritti di paleografia, ed. by Teresa De Robertis e Nicoletta Giovè Marchioli, Roma, Viella, 2021, pp. 231-248 • un saggio di Armando Petrucci a scelta tra: ----- Scrivere il testo, in La critica del testo. Problemi di metodo ed esperienze di lavoro. Atti del convegno di Lecce (22-26 ottobre 1984), Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1985, pp. 209-227, repr. in Armando Petrucci, Letteratura italiana: una storia attraverso la scrittura, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 93-109 ----- I documenti privati come fonte per lo studio dell’alfabetismo e della cultura scritta, in Gli atti privati nel tardo medioevo: fonti per la storia sociale. Atti del convegno (Roma, 16-18 giugno 1980), ed. by Paolo Brezzi ed Egmont Lee, Roma, Istituto di Studi Romani, 1984, pp. 251-266 (repr. in Armando Petrucci, Scrittura documentazione memoria. Dieci scritti e un inedito 1963-2009, Premessa di Attilio Bartoli Langeli, Roma, Edizioni ANAI, 2018, pp. 75-92) ----- Il libro manoscritto, augmented version in Armando Petrucci, Letteratura italiana: una storia attraverso la scrittura, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 11-44 ----- Alfabetismo ed educazione grafica degli scribi altomedievali (secc. VII-X), in The Role of the Book in Medieval Culture. Proceedings of the Oxford International Symposium (26 September-1 October 1982), ed. by Peter Ganz, I, Turnhout, Brepols, 1986, pp. 109-131 (repr. in Armando Petrucci, Scrivere e leggere nell’Italia medievale, ed. by Charles M. Radding, Milano, Edizioni Sylvestre Bonnard, 2007, pp. 99-124) ----- Libro, scrittura e scuola, in La scuola nell’Occidente latino dell’alto medioevo (Spoleto, 15-21 aprile 1971), Spoleto, Centro italiano di studi sull’alto medioevo, 1972, pp. 313-337, 363-381 (repr. as Alle origini dell’alfabetismo altomedievale, in Armando Petrucci-Carlo Romeo, «Scriptores in urbibus». Alfabetismo e cultura scritta nell’Italia altomedievale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1992, pp. 13-34; also repr. in Armando Petrucci, Scrivere e leggere nell’Italia medievale, ed. by Charles M. Radding, Milano, Edizioni Sylvestre Bonnard, 2007, pp. 81-97).

Non-attending students (or only partially attending) are strictly required to contact the teacher. Likewise, students who have taken Paleography exams in their previous degree program must contact the teacher.

The exam consists of an oral test and a practical test linked together, which contribute in equal parts to the evaluation. The oral exam will consist in the exposure of one or more topics of Latin Paleography discussed in the classroom and/or in the course bibliography. The practical test will serve to demonstrate the student's ability to recognize and read, and also to localize, date, critically analyze (from the historical and cultural point of view) one or more examples of handwriting. The practical test will be carried out on examples not previously illustrated in the classroom. The assessment will take into account not only the knowledge and skills acquired, but also the autonomy in establishing links between the different topics, the critical and interpretative capacity manifested in the discussion, the mastery of scientific language; the assessment will also take into account the participation in teaching activities during the course. The level of mastery of all these elements will determine the vote.

Supplementary and in-depth texts. • As an introduction to the topics covered in the course (expecially for students who have never dealt with similar topics), it may be useful reading: Armando Petrucci, Prima lezione di paleografia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2002. • To facilitate the understanding of the manuscript book and its cultural value over the centuries, you can also read: Bernhard Bischoff, Paleografia latina. Antichità e medioevo, ed. it. by Gilda P. Mantovani - Stefano Zamponi, Padova, Antenore, 1992, pp. 5-67 e 255-340 (also in English: B.B., Latin Palaeography. Antiquity and the Middle Ages, transl. by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín and David Ganz, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990, pp. 7-48 and 179-238). • The following text can facilitate individual study and exam preparation: Adriano Cappelli, Dizionario di abbreviature latine, 7a ed., Milano, Hoepli, 2011, online http://www.hist.msu.ru/Departments/Medieval/Cappelli/index.html (3rd ed. online: https://archive.org/details/CappelliDizionarioDiAbbreviature). • To prepare for the exam, students can use the collections of facsimiles with transcription owned by the Department Library, such as: Wilhelm Arndt - Michael Tangl, Schrifttafeln zur Erlernung der lateinischen Paläographie, 3 Teile in einem Band, Berlin, G. Grote’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1904-1907 (rist. Hildesheim/New York 1976), online http://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-147265. Vincenzo Federici, La scrittura delle cancellerie italiane del secolo XII al XVII, Roma, P. Sansaini, 1934, online text https://archive.org/details/731301 plates https://archive.org/details/731302 Joachim Kirchner, Scriptura latina libraria a saeculo primo usque ad finem Medii Aevi LXXVII imaginibus illustrata. Editio altera, Monachii, Oldenbourg, 1970. Joachim Kirchner, Scriptura gothica libraria a saeculo XII usque ad finem Medii Aevi LXXXVII imaginibus illustrata, Monachii, Oldenbourg, 1966. Franz Steffens, Paléographie Latine, Paris, Trèves 1910, online https://archive.org/details/paleographielatinesteffens/mode/2up; also https://icar.cultura.gov.it/fileadmin/risorse/Manuali_Letteratura/02_Steffens_1-35-2021_A.pdf; https://icar.cultura.gov.it/fileadmin/risorse/Manuali_Letteratura/03_Steffens_36-79-2021_B.pdf; https://icar.cultura.gov.it/fileadmin/risorse/Manuali_Letteratura/04_Steffens_80-125-2021_C.pdf. Paleografia latina: tavole, ed. by Alessandro Pratesi e Paolo Cherubini, Città del Vaticano, Scuola vaticana di paleografia, diplomatica e archivistica, 2004 (Subsidia studiorum, 3). Students will receive other indications on facsimile collections (also online) during the course.

Traditional, with lessons and exercises in the classroom.