Practical paleography in the Digital Age 2900-HAMC-EL-K2-PPD
This laboratory class engages students with a group project using a digital microscope (DinoLite) for a detailed study of the lettering in ancient manuscripts. Classes take places in the new Digital Lab of the Faculty of History and in the papyrological collection of the Library of the Roman Law. Students will work in two small groups, conducting a palaeographical examination of real ancient manuscripts (papyri or inscriptions), and preparing a poster showing the results of their work, with the use of Canva or Powerpoint.
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Efekty kształcenia
Knowledge of:
- instruments of the palaeographic and philological research, used in work with manuscripts, tablets and inscriptions produced by ancient civilizations in the Mediterranean basin.
Skills:
- independently conduct criticism, analysis and interpretation of published and unpublished sources using the appropriate methodology and research instruments, including adapting available instruments to their own research needs.
- develop a digital edition of a written source in accordance with accepted scholarly standards.
- popularize knowledge about ancient history and culture.
- organize work in a team, cooperate with partners with different competences within the team and manage the work of the team in the process of carrying out tasks in the field of research on antiquity and the dissemination of knowledge.
Social competences:
- disseminate historical, archaeological and cultural knowledge on the heritage of antiquity among various audiences in order to raise awareness of the importance of this cultural heritage in modern societies and the need to protect it; take actions to protect historical, cultural and material heritage and inspire others to take actions to achieve this goal.
Kryteria oceniania
Final grade is based on the active individual participation in the group’s work during classes (70%) and overall quality of the final poster (30%).
A mandatory requirement to pass the course is the participation in classes. The first absence is allowed with no consequences, the second absence results in additional make up work. The third absence prevents the student from passing the course with a special permission of the Head of the Teaching Unit (HTU/KJD).
A person who is more than 15 minutes late will be considered as absent.
Literatura
Main recommended literature:
Cavallo, G. 2008. La scrittura greca e latina dei papiri. Una introduzione (Pisa: F. Serra).
Harrauer, H. 2010. Handbuch der griechischen Paläographie (Stuttgart: Hiersemann).
Thomson, E. M. 1893. Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography (New York: D. Appleton and Company).
Wilcken, U. 1891. Tafeln zur älteren griechischen Palaeographie nach Originalen des Berliner Koeniglischen Museums zum akademischen Gebrauch und zum Selbstunterricht (Leipzig: Giesecke & Devrient).
Further reading:
Cavallo, G. and H. Maehler. 1987. Greek Bookhands of the Early Byzantine Period: A.D. 300–800 (London: University of London, Institute of Classical Studies).
Gardthausen, V. 1911. Griechische Palaeographie. Das Buchwesen im Altertum und im byzantinischen Mittelalter (Leipzig: Verlag von Veut & Comp.).
McNamee, K. 2007. Annotations in Greek and Latin Texts from Egypt (New Haven, Conn.: American Society of Papyrologists).
Roberts, C. H. 1956. Greek Literary Hands: 350 B.C.–A.D. 400 (Oxford: Clarendon Press).