Unit LATIN PHILOLOGY II

Course
Italian, classical studies and european history
Study-unit Code
A004781
Curriculum
Civiltà e cultura dell'antico
Teacher
Loriano Zurli
Teachers
  • Loriano Zurli
Hours
  • 36 ore - Loriano Zurli
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline linguistiche, filologiche e metodologiche
Sector
L-FIL-LET/04
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Contents
The course focuses on the manuscript tradition of the Anthologia Latina and its complex stemma codicum, with an in-depth study of the stemmatic peculiarities of the so-called ‘beta’ branch, to which the codex Vossianus Latinus Q. 89 belongs. In particular, the study of the so-called Anthologia Vossiana will be explored in depth, examining from a perspective of textual criticism the epigrams attributed to Seneca and Petronius and their multiple themes. The reflection will also involve structural criteria internal to the two epigrammatic anthologies.
Educational objectives
The course involves the acquisition of the following knowledge: 1. In-depth Knowledge of the mode of transmission of an ancient text with reference to direct and indirect tradition; 2. In-depth Knowledge of the main notions of codicology and Latin paleography; 3. In-depth Knowledge of the main criteria of textual criticism; 4. In-depth Knowledge of the main phases of the recensio; 5. In-depth Knowledge of particular aspects of the tradition and the constitutio textus of the epigrams attributed to Seneca and Petronius. The course aims to provide the following skills: 1. Knowing independently how to read a critical apparatus; 2. Knowing independently how to understand the reasons underlying a given constitutio textus.
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