AR2A81 Lecture 1: Latin Papyri and National Script

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dalibor Havel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AR2A81/01: Mon 12:30–13:15 G25, D. Havel
AR2A81/02: Mon 11:40–12:25 G25, D. Havel
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Seminar cycle should offer to the students the basic overwiew about the reading of the Latin script at the antique and early medieval period, it means since the VII. Century BC to the VIII. Century AD. At the end of the programme the student should be able to:
- use the knowledges from the development od the latin script from the VII.th Cent. B. C. to the VIII.th Cent. on the historical sources
- transcribe selected original classical and early Middle Ages Latin texts
- analyse and read original classical and early Middle Ages Latin texts
Syllabus
  • script of classical inscriptions
  • capitalis script
  • uncial
  • early Roman cursive
  • halfuncial
  • late Roman cursive
  • elements of literary and documentary papyrology
  • insular script
  • early italian script
  • curial script
  • Beneventan script
  • Visigothic script
  • Merovingian script
Literature
  • Carl WESSELY: Schrifttafeln zur älteren lateinischen Palaeographie. Leipzig 1898.
  • Ulrich WILCKEN: Tafeln zur älteren Palaeographie. Leipzig-Berlin 1891.
  • SEIDER, Richard. Paläographie der lateinischen Papyri : in drei Bänden. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1981, 208 s. ISBN 3777281433. info
  • SEIDER, Richard. Paläographie der lateinischen Papyri : in drei Bänden. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1978, 174 s. ISBN 3777278203. info
  • SEIDER, Richard. Paläographie der lateinischen Papyri : in drei Bänden. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1972, 160 s. ISBN 3777272124. info
Teaching methods
class discussion and homeworks
Assessment methods
written test - credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zapisují pouze imatrikulační ročníky 2015 a starší!!! Zapisují současně s AR2A80, povinné pro jednooborové studium, pro dvouoborové je volitelné.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017.
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