Learning Outcomes
Knowledge of the history of the manuscript tradition of texts.
Understanding of the reasons that explain the text differences.
Knowledge of the methodology and mechanisms of a critical edition/publication.
Knowledge of the history and evolution of Greek writing.
Exercise in the reading of manuscripts
Course Content (Syllabus)
The first section studies the ways of the manuscript tradition of the texts of national and Christian literature until the invention of printing: writing materials, history and evolution of Greek writing, book forms, means of dating (chronology) of manuscripts, autographs, palimpsests manuscripts, copying workshops, scribe errors, catalogs of manuscripts, digitization.
The second section consists of an exercise on the reading of manuscripts with representative writing samples (abbreviations, notes, etc).
In the third section the methodology and the basic principles of a critical edition/publication are presented.
Keywords
Paleography, manuscript tradition, textual critic, critical edition/publication, evolution of writing, reading of manuscripts.
Additional bibliography for study
Ed. Mioni Ed., Εισαγωγή στην Ελληνική Παλαιογραφία (μετάφρ. Ν.Μ.
Παναγιωτάκη), εκδόσεις M.I.E.T., Αθήνα 1977.
Κέμενο 1.
L. D.Reynolds L.D. - Wilson L.D., Αντιγραφείς και φιλόλογοι. Το ιστορικό
της παράδοσης των κλασικών κειμένων (μετάφρ. Ν. Μ. Παναγιωτάκη), εκδόσεις M.I.E.T., Αθήνα 1981