Introduction to Palaeography
-
Upload
kendall-huff -
Category
Documents
-
view
61 -
download
3
description
Transcript of Introduction to Palaeography
Introduction to PalaeographyIntroduction to PalaeographyTuesday 6/24, 11-13
From Bologna to the Blogosphere.A History of Written Correspondence’ Summer School
June 23rd - July 4th 2014
Maddalena Modesti
The Palaeography studies:
• the history of handwriting in its different stages
• the techniques applied to writing in different eras
• the production process of written evidences
• the products of this process
Tasks of Palaeography:
• interpret mss.• dating mss. • locate mss.• trace from their physical
appearance all the elements useful for the study of their content and, in general, for cultural history.
As Many Palaeographies as many Scriptures
Greek Arabic
Hebrew Armenian
Latin Palaeography
7th cent. b.C.
16th cent. a.C.
De re diplomatica
Birth of Palaeography
dom Jean Mabillon
1681
1750-1765 dom Toustain and dom TassinNouveau Traité de Diplomatique
1708Bernard de Montfaucon Palaeographia Graeca
1765
De antiquorum codicum interpretatione et dispositione
The Blogosphere
Rustic capital Insular Majuscule Merovingian chancery script
Uncial
Humanistic cursiveLitterae caelestes
Italian chancery minuscule
Bologna, Archive of the Fabbriceria of S. Petronio, l. 353 n. 3, 7th sec., fragm. Agostino – De civitate Dei, upper script
Bologna, Archive of the Fabbriceria of S. Petronio, l. 353 n. 3, 7th sec., fragm. Agostino – De civitate Dei, particular of the lower script.
Rome, Biblioteca Angelica, ms. 123, Gradual, Troper, Sequence, 11th sec., ll. 31r e 101r.
Volumen
Roll (papyrus, parchment)
CodexCode (parchment, paper)
II-IV cent. a.C
Nonantola, Archive of the Abbey, III n. 30, Pavia – March 4th, 899, placito, particular of the handwritten signatures.
Nonantola, Archive of the Abbey, II n. 11, April-August 21th, 828, particular of the handwritten signatures.
Arezzo, Archivio Capitolare, Canonica n. 23, Colonia – [September] 876, imperial diploma of Charles the Bald
Changes in the signs are always signs of change
Malcolm B. Parkes
Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, ms. 2226, XIV sec. – Institutiones cum glossis, c. 16r
Modena, State Archive, Casa e Stato 1 n. 3, Pavia – June 8th, 781, Imperial diploma of Charlemagne
Bologna, State Archive, Suppressed Religious Corporations, S. Giovanni in Monte 2/1342 n. 27, church of S. Giovanni in M. – February 1133, contract of enfiteusi, notary: Angelo I
Bologna, State Archive, Uff. dei Rif. degli estimi, s. II b. 25 n. 14, 1296-97, cedola of estimo in vernacular