Reading, dating, recording a latin inscription and publishing criteria of text will be taught during the lessons. A whole comprehension of every aspect shown by epigraphies (historical and palaeographical ones) will be achieved during the course, thanks to guided transcriptions and analysis of selected examples.
Course Prerequisites
Good knowledge of Latin and Roman History
Teaching Methods
Lectures and seminar
Papyrology section: frontal lectures and deciphering workshop. Introduction to the usage of digital tools for papyrology.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination
Examination questions will focus on the texts examined in the course. The student will be required to recognize the texts covered and place them in the appropriate historical context, using the correct technical terminology.
Texts
1) Notes about an anthology of inscriptions examined during lectures 2) One of the following handbooks: - L. Braccesi, U. Agnati, Manuale di epigrafia latina, Bologna, Monduzzi 2009 - A. Buonopane, Manuale di epigrafia latina, Roma, Carocci, 2020 (mandatory for not-attending students).
Papyrology: Notes from the lectures, with reference to N. Reggiani, Papirologia. La cultura scrittoria dell'Egitto greco e romano, 2019
Contents
Survival, transmission and reception of ancient epigraphies, palaeographical features. Categories: holy, honorific, burial, related to public buildings, juridical ones and instrumentum inscriptum. The roman onomastic. Study of selected examples. An autoptical survey of University and Civic Museums Pavia's epigraphical collections will take place at the end of the course.
Part taught by L. Capponi: Introduction ot papyrology, papyrological excavations, Greek books and documents, documents of the Roman period; from the roll to the codex.
