INTRODUCTION TO GREEK PALEOGRAPHY

The course of Greek Palaeography offers to the students of “History” and “Humanities” the essential training for reading Greek manuscripts and documents, and for using and analysing historical and literary sources in their original form.

By the end of the ONLINE module, the students
• Will have a sound knowledge of Greek Palaeography (in particular minuscule bookhands and a general overview of the development of Greek handwriting)
• Will be able to select and apply sources and techniques required for the analysis of Greek manuscripts
• Will be able to read and transcribe from manuscripts

Knowledge of classical Greek.

This is an e-learning module and can be followed only on the MOODLE platform. The course is divided in two parts: 1) introduction to the History of Greek handwriting from antiquity to the first printed books, 2) practical training (reading and transcribing manuscripts).

FIRST WEEK
1. Introduction to Greek Paleography
2. Brief introduction to codicology
3. Majuscule book scripts

SECOND WEEK
4. Minuscule book scripts (9th-10th c.)
5. Minuscule book scripts (up to 10th c.)
6. Minuscule book scripts (“Bouletée” and “Perlschrift”)

THIRD WEEK
7. Writing Styles in the Provinces (10th-12th c.)
8. Writing Styles in the Provinces (10th-12th c.)
9. Continuation and gradual dissolution of the “Perlschrift” canon

FOURTH WEEK
10. Continuation and gradual dissolution of the “Perlschrift” canon
11. Writing Styles in the Provinces (12th-14th c.)
12. The 14th century

FIFTH WEEK
13. 15th-16th centuries
14. Ornamentation of Greek Manuscripts
15. Final Revision

Students are supposed to integrate the contents of the lectures with

Perria, L. (2011) Γραφίς: per una storia della scrittura greca libraria, secoli IV a.C.-XVI d.C (Rome and Vatican).
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Other warmly recommended books

• Agati, M. L. (2009) Il libro manoscritto. Da Oriente a Occidente per una codicologia comparata (Roma)
• Barbour, R. (1981) Greek Literary Hands A.D. 400-1600 (Oxford)
• Bausi, A. et al. (ed.) (2015) Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies (Hamburg). Capitoli: “Greek manuscripts” e “Greek codicology” a cura di M. Maniaci; “Greek palaeography” a cura di D. Bianconi; and “Catalogues of Greek manuscripts” a cura di A. Binggeli
• Canart, P. et alii (1998) Facsimili di codici greci della Biblioteca Vaticana, I: Tavole (Città del Vaticano)
• Crisci, E. and P. Degni (2011) La scrittura greca dall’antichità all’epoca della stampa: una introduzione (Roma)
• Easterling, P. and C. Handley (eds.) (2001) Greek Scripts. An Illustrated Introduction (London)
• Follieri, E. (1969) Codices graeci Bibliothecae Vaticanae selecti (Città del Vaticano)
• Maniaci, M. 2002 (2005, prima ristampa) Archeologia del manoscritto. Metodi, problemi, bibliografia recente (Roma)
• Wilson, N. (1973) Mediaeval Greek Bookhands: Examples Selected from Greek Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (Cambridge, Mass.)
• Wilson, N. (2008) “Palaeography,” in Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies (New York) 101-114

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MORE on MOODLE:
PALEOGRAFIA GRECA [FT0151]: https://moodle.unive.it/course/view.php?id=3611
Password: PALGR
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This is an e-learning course, it is divided into 5 weeks, each week contains 3 teaching units; for each teaching unit, a short transcription from a manuscript must be submitted (upload).
Final exam: The written exam consists of 3 diplomatic transcriptions of 3 examples of writings from different periods (70% of the final grade), followed by dating (15% of the final grade) and a brief comment on the characteristics of the writing ( 15% of the final grade).
Duration of the written test: 3 hours.

written

This is an e-learning course (see. Further information)
PALEOGRAFIA GRECA [FT0151]: https://moodle.unive.it/course/view.php?id=3611
Password: PALGR

E-learning module: students are reminded that the course of Greek Paleography for the BA degree is offered exclusively on-line. The course is organized lasts 5 weeks, each week 3 teaching units are presented. The units will be progressively accessible from the MOODLE platform; access to the units allows students to participate in the forum and to take the final tests of each unit.
Weekly tests and homework are COMPULSORY. The final exam is written and must be taken at Ca' Foscari.
You can access the module via
PALEOGRAFIA GRECA [FT0151]: https://moodle.unive.it/course/view.php?id=3611
Password: PALGR

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