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Introduction to Palaeography Irene Ceccherini / Henrike Lähnemann Oxford, MT 2015/16 Introduction to Palaeography Bibliographical references Online bibliography: http://www.theleme.enc.sorbonne.fr Codicology - Jacques Lemaire, Introduction à la codicologie, Louvain-la-Neuve 1989. - Colin H. Roberts – T.C. Skeats, The birth of the codex, London 1983. - Maria Luisa Agati, Il libro manoscritto da Oriente a Occidente: per una codicologia comparata, Roma 2009. - Elisa Ruiz, Introducción a la codicologia, Madrid 2002. - Marilena Maniaci, Archeologia del manoscritto. Metodi, problemi, bibliografia recente, Roma 2002. - Denis Muzerelle, Vocabulaire codicologique. Répertoire méthodique des termes français relatifs aux manuscrits, Paris 1985. o Italian translation: Marilena Maniaci, Terminologia del libro manoscritto, Roma 1996. o Spanish translation: Pilar Ostos, Maria Luisa Pardo, Elena E. Rodríguez, Vocabulario de codicología, Madrid 1997. o Online version (with English provisional translation): http://www.vocabulaire.irht.cnrs.fr - Cf. Bischoff (palaeography). Palaeography - Bernhard Bischoff, Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalters, Berlin 19862. o French translation: Paléographie de l’antiquité romaine et du Moyen Age occidental, éd. Hartmut Atsma et Jean Vezin, Paris 1985. o English translation: Latin Palaeography. Antiquity and the Middle Ages, eds Dáibní Ó Cróinin and David Ganz, Cambridge 1990. o Italian translation: Paleografia latina. Antichità e Medioevo, a cura di Gilda Mantovani e Stefano Zamponi, Padova 1992. - Albert Derolez, The palaeography of Gothic manuscript books. From the twelfth to the early sixteenth century, Cambridge 2003 o cf. review by Marc H. Smith in “Scriptorium”58/2 (2004), pp. 274-279). Catalogues of dated and datable manuscripts Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican. Abbreviations - Adriano Cappelli, Lexicon abbreviaturarum. Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane, Milano 19296. - Luigi Schiaparelli, Avviamento allo studio delle abbreviature latine, Firenze 1926. Textual criticism and textual transmission - Leighton R. Reynolds – Nigel G. Wilson, Scribes and Scholars. A Guide to the transmission of Greek and Latin literature, Oxford 20134. Capitalis rustica saec. IV .... lNtMt~ jlO~lNiU~dl Vat. Pal. lat. 24, fol. 1Q8v ;,<'.>o~t "~ti t C~N1l-\' ~~~S Unziale saec. VI-VII Vat. Pal. lat. 210, fol. 249r Späte Unziale /• qooo Eccl,esi~eTo;\.eus saec. Vlll2 Vat. Pal. lat. 493, fol. 36r ......., ...-.;,.. flN€0-, 5j\.€CU~lfRO<n1516Tl Capitalis quadrata ORFJNliBI um 810 SCRlßfREO'Pf1 Vat. Pal. lat. 50, fol. 8r METJEOPHILE Merowirigische Schrift Luxeuil-Typ, saec. vm2 Vat. Pal. lat. 493, fol. 12r ~~,u:nJ.w..···. m.Jsu.,~ (crcncui 11~ ullt~~ 11'1# Westgotische Schrift'~ saec. X ~~ •u.(, e;caemo ~ WJU•1oM (utuoi Vat. Pal. lat. 869, fol. 66r tCi ~-- Beneventana ~ Uj'e-~ta:-:"nJ"or/ COt1fl:o:n,2f~a saec. X/XI Vat. Pal. lat. 909, fol. 305r ])) s:f.eua: f' ~a: ma-&'12 co·nfcrom 4nt.iu1or/fu~ <rtn ~a-/)Ca::a:D Insulare Minuskel tt'iuhr1'·un· .<\n;tt1t ~es CJu'ur~ur~ «n«ltuTl') : saec. Vlll-IX Vat. Pal. lat. 177, fol. 36v ro~~ccm,.. ,.~ )Jon"JttacsttSßQl'-~~T lm::C!fi.J1.0:Socr Insulare Minuskel .......... ~ t'ftl4'1J4brnt)41t'CI4 iimo saec. XI .~ ""tlf ~q'e- ru~ 4.beo. Vat. Pal. lat. 830, fol. 37r Späte insulare Majuskel itpnm uetr9 aptcr$-=tRte:- (Halbunziale), um 1200 ._ '- RestJRSUttmpn Tt.tn>tao Vat. Pal. lat. 65, fol. 1r Frühe karolingische Minuskel um 800 Vat. Pal. lat. 238, fol. 44< Karolingische Minuskel hocef}lm,re-~n..&.nnzr C1Jtn dtapf".l.coLonl.t f"Jr' f1'lltro um 830 Vat. Pal. lat. 1564, fol. 89v re- ftnet"..tdecu~o HU.)'t7no- dl ~- ornnef'qu..tt-a.Jor­ pa.rref" J.equ~.Lcctp~ nonpof"f"unc-. Karolingische Minuskel UltfY"i72uba(.alu(tLn.unmnote('~;'Cliern-~ saec. IX-X Vat. Pal. lat. 846, foi." 4< urbe(ty:'eum-A tte7mJ,J.ifp~·et:···. Gotische Minuskel (Rotunda) blmY c~mas •nihmm:'utr saec. XN J1Unap.azmtunpicpzo.itgo.t Vat. Pal.lat. 742, fol. 50v .g,,quroftncr-.1'otn"!lfcnfum;. Gotische Minuskel (Textura) a. 1425 Vat. Pal. lat. 291, fol. 232< Gotische Kursive (Bastarda) saec. XV Vat. PalA'at. 413, fol. Ur Fraktur saec. XVImed. Vat. Pal. lat. 537, fol. 2r Frühe humanistische Minuskel a. 1473/1474 Proanu.f (SU .:tgo. hanc- twnn·'Vf.x ~bua:o! Vat. Pal. lat. 1632, fol. 3< Ht( ll1"W bm{.y-- anttofmobO ·11Am'J; gtmtnor Autograph Philipp ..l#l( ~ !..... Melanchthons s... L..&;' J.... Humanistische Kursive kurrent, a. 1547/1548 Vat. Pal. lat. 1829, fol. 61< Humanistische Kursive kalligraphisch, a. 1579 Vat. Pal. lat. 1072, fol. 39< ,Die Palatina in der Vaticana. Eine deutsche Bibliothek in Rom [Walter Berschin], Stuttgart, Zürich: Belser 1992, ~Vorsatzblatt HoB/Pal Method Option 2 Key abbreviations NB: This is a subjective selection of abbreviations which I found occurred most frequently both in late medieval manuscripts and early modern printed books. The best way to customise this list is to keep updating it from the examples you come across in your own study! The most important / default abbreviation is a long slash above a letter, often at the end of the word, which is also called a „nasal bar“ (Nasalstrich) since it commonly marks a left out nasal consonant, i.e. either n or m, but it can also just mark that there has been an abbreviation. Tachygraphic / Tironian notes Mind your p’s and q’s! -er per, par, por -et pre, prae -orum pro tis pra-, persona ur pri -us primo con ponit contra post, pos- eius patet enim pr̅ ̅ pater esse pn̅ s̅ ̅ presens est et qui eciam, etiam quod id est quia iungatur quedam qua Roman Numerals quam V, V° quinque, quinto quantum X, X° decem, decimo quo, questio L, L° quinquaginta, -esimo quomodo C, C° centum, centesimo quod D, D° quingenti, -tesimo quid M, M° mille, millesimo quilibet quoniam Nomina Sacra quando que dn̅ s̅ ,̅ DNS dominus ̅ ds, DS deus ih̅ s̅ ,̅ IHC Jesus ss̅ ,̅ SS Sanctissimum xp̅ s̅ ;̅ XPS Christus Follow the Bodleian and the Centre for the Study of the Book on Twitter! .
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