Unit LATIN PHILOLOGY II

Course
Italian, classical studies and european history
Study-unit Code
A004781
Curriculum
Civiltà e cultura dell'antico
Teacher
Paola Paolucci
Teachers
  • Paola Paolucci
Hours
  • 36 ore - Paola Paolucci
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2026
Offered
2026/27
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline linguistiche, filologiche e metodologiche
Sector
LATI-01/A
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The course focuses on the manuscript tradition and on the problems of textual criticism of some poems of the Anthologia Latina (Carmina Einsidlensia, Anthologia Vossiana, Anthologia Salmasiana) and of the prose comedy Querolus.
Reference texts
The editions of the texts from Anthologia Latina will be provided in PDF format in unistudium; for the Querolus, the edition by A. Arrighini, Venice 2025 (Supplementi di Lexis), will be used; it is in OA with the review by P. Paolucci in "BStL" 56,2026.
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 poems and proses. 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.
Prerequisites
Advanced knowledge of Latin language, Latin literature, and metrics.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures and seminar workshops.
Other information
The seminars on the texts of Anthologia Latina will include presentations by Professor Loriano Zurli.
Learning verification modality
Oral exam.
Extended program
The course focuses on the manuscript tradition and on the problems of textual criticism of some poems of the Anthologia Latina (Carmina Einsidlensia, Anthologia Vossiana, Anthologia Salmasiana) and of the prose comedy Querolus.
Among the main aims of the course are remarks on the diverse and peculiar strategies of constitutio textus useful for the edition of late Latin texts in poetry and prose.
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