Teaching code

4S001220

Credits

12

Coordinator

Massimiliano Bassetti

Language

Italian

Also offered in courses:

• Latin Paleography (m) of the course Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts
• Archive-keeping (m) of the course Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts
• Archive-keeping I of the course Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)
• Paleography II - LM [Sede VR] of the course Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

The module intends to put attending students in a position to date, read, interpret and examine the main forms of manuscript testimonies in the Latin alphabet (libraries, documentaries, epigraphs) of the classical age, the late antique and the early Middle Ages. The course aims to give knowledge about a specific kind of archives and documents in relation to the context in which they were produced, to the bureaucratic order and to the relevant legislation.

Program

In the course will be analyzed, by means of texts reading and commentary, the chief typologies of books and charters production between the Late Antique and the Middle Ages, with special attention to relations between documental practice, laws and justice. An adequate knowledge of institutional medieval history and latin is required.
Reference books:
P. Cherubini, A. Pratesi, Paleografia latina. L'avventura grafica del mondo occidentale, Città del Vaticano, 2010 (Littera Antiqua, 16)
A. Petrucci, Prima lezione di paleografia, Roma-Bari, 2011

Main themes of the course are: The archival arrangement: main principles, historical aspects, fonds definition, periodization, relationship between the fonds and the creator of the records. The archival description: main principles, methods, representation models, international standards; finding aids. The ICT role in the field of historical archives.

Reference books:

- M. Guercio, P. Carucci, Manuale di archivistica, Roma, Carocci, 2008
- L. Giuva, S. Vitali, I. Zanni Rosiello, Il potere degli archivi. Usi del passato e difesa dei diritti nella società contemporanea, Milano, B. Mondadori, 2007

Special schedules for not regular attenders have to be drawn with the teacher.

Bibliography

Examination Methods

The oral examination aims at evaluating the student's knowledge, with special reference to the cases of study discussed during the lectures and to the general aspects of archive keeping (cf. the Companions in the Syllabus).

The oral examination aims at evaluating the student's knowledge, with special reference to the the cases of study discussed during the lectures (above all book and charters production from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, and all the topic of relationship between archives and Authorities; general knowledge of the companions in use will be checked, as well.