Oriental Languages and Cultures

The course consists of a general introduction to Palaeograaphy (lessons 1-4) and to the palaeographical disciplines such as : Numismatics, Papyrology, Codicology, Epigraphy (lessons 5-11)

A very good command of Classical Arabic, its grammar and syntax

Kratchkovsky I. Y., Among Arabic Manuscripts. Memories of libraries and Men. Translated from the Russian by Tatiana Minorsky, Leiden, Brill, 1953. Petrucci A., Prima lezione di paleografia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2002 (Universale Laterza 811). Petrucci A., Funzione della scrittura e terminologia paleografica, in Palaeographica Diplomatica et Archivistica: studi in onore di Giulio Battelli, Roma, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 2 voll: vol. I, pp. 3-30 Hirschler, K., The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands: A Social and Cultural History of Reading Practices, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2012 (traduzione italiana: Leggere e scrivere nell’Islam medievale, Roma, Carocci, 2017).

Attending lessons is no mandatory but advised

The oral exam will be evaluated in 30/30 and the knowledge acquired by the student will considered positively whenever s/he will demonstrate his/her skill to read handwritten material (manuscripts, documents, coins, papyri) and to connect relevant information relating to the place and date of production of a specific manuscript witness. This factor will acknowledged in connection with the path of the student and if this is the first or second year of Paleography. Little, superficial, and fragmented knowledge does not allow the student to reach the minimum of 18/30. Consistent and deep knowledge will be evaluated with a range of marks between 18 and 30/30 (cum laude)

Scribbling through History. Graffiti, Places and People from Antiquity to Modernity, edited by Ch. Ragazzoli et al., London- New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Mrayati M., Criptologia e criptoanalisi, in Storia della scienza, vol. III: La Civiltà islamica, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2002, pp. 93-103. al-Kadi I. A., Origins of Cryptology: the Arab Contributions, «Cryptologia» 16, 2 (1992), pp. 97-126. Further bibliographical readings will be pointed out during lessons

The course consists of a general introduction to Palaeograaphy (lessons 1-4) and to the palaeographical disciplines such as : Numismatics, Papyrology, Codicology, Epigraphy (lessons 5-11)

A very good command of Classical Arabic, its grammar and syntax

Kratchkovsky I. Y., Among Arabic Manuscripts. Memories of libraries and Men. Translated from the Russian by Tatiana Minorsky, Leiden, Brill, 1953. Petrucci A., Prima lezione di paleografia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2002 (Universale Laterza 811). Petrucci A., Funzione della scrittura e terminologia paleografica, in Palaeographica Diplomatica et Archivistica: studi in onore di Giulio Battelli, Roma, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 2 voll: vol. I, pp. 3-30 Hirschler, K., The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands: A Social and Cultural History of Reading Practices, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2012 (traduzione italiana: Leggere e scrivere nell’Islam medievale, Roma, Carocci, 2017).

Attending lessons is no mandatory but advised

The oral exam will be evaluated in 30/30 and the knowledge acquired by the student will considered positively whenever s/he will demonstrate his/her skill to read handwritten material (manuscripts, documents, coins, papyri) and to connect relevant information relating to the place and date of production of a specific manuscript witness. This factor will acknowledged in connection with the path of the student and if this is the first or second year of Paleography. Little, superficial, and fragmented knowledge does not allow the student to reach the minimum of 18/30. Consistent and deep knowledge will be evaluated with a range of marks between 18 and 30/30 (cum laude)

Scribbling through History. Graffiti, Places and People from Antiquity to Modernity, edited by Ch. Ragazzoli et al., London- New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Mrayati M., Criptologia e criptoanalisi, in Storia della scienza, vol. III: La Civiltà islamica, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2002, pp. 93-103. al-Kadi I. A., Origins of Cryptology: the Arab Contributions, «Cryptologia» 16, 2 (1992), pp. 97-126. Further bibliographical readings will be pointed out during lessons