Paleography

Editions of the Somniale Danielis in Medieval and Humanist Literary Miscellanies

by Valerio Cappozzo

Dissertation Thesis, Indiana University 2012. Advisor: Prof. H. Wayne Storey

This study examines the ways in which the dream manual was materially bound together with collections of early Italian... more This study examines the ways in which the dream manual was materially bound together with collections of early Italian visionary literature. The Somniale Danielis was a widely circulated dream manual in the late Middle Ages. It guided the interpretation of dreams and also served as an important tool in the understanding of medieval literary dreams. Thus it is an important aid in the identification and description of traditional dream topoi. The entries of the dream-book represent a framework within which medieval vision poetry develops its network of images and motifs. In a larger sense, the medieval miscellany often provides us insights into the “utility” of common texts at diverse levels of reception and use. These usually thematic collections made by copyists at the request of a reader or a user not only supply us with little-known texts excluded from codices arranged by author or genre, but also give us a view into how different cultures associated diverse texts.
Since different versions of the manual were produced often for “local purposes”, this study provides diplomatic-interpretative editions of five representative texts of the Somniale Danielis in Latin and Italian in the context of medieval and humanist literary miscellanies. In addition to a study of the cultural contexts in which we find these versions of the Somniale, this study also offers a synoptic edition of the five texts with a focus on the diverse terms that are used to convey key concepts of medieval dream manuals. From this same comparative apparatus, the final part of the dissertation includes an inventory of dream symbols.

The Louvain Papyrus Fragments from the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah

by Alin Suciu

Traditionalisme, régionalisme et innovation dans les chancelleries épiscopales portugaises au Moyen Âge les cas de Lamego et Viseu.

by Anísio Miguel de Sousa Saraiva

In Régionalisme et Internationalisme: Problèmes de Paléographie et de Codicologie du Moyen Âge. Actes du XVe Colloque du Comité International de Paléographie Latine (Vienne, 13-17 Septembre 2005), édités par Otto Kresten et Franz Lackner. Wien: Öesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2008, p. 304-309.

Orderic Vitalis: New perspectives on the historian and his world (Call for papers)

by Daniel Roach

9-11 April 2013, St John’s College, University of Durham

Call for papers
Orderic Vitalis:
New Perspectives on the Historian and His World

(9-11 April... more Call for papers
Orderic Vitalis:
New Perspectives on the Historian and His World

(9-11 April 2013, St John’s College, University of Durham)

The organising committee of the Durham University Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies conference 'Orderic Vitalis: New Perspectives on the historian and his world' invite abstracts from prospective speakers. This event, funded by the Durham University IMRS, will provide a forum for the dissemination of new research into the life and works of the monastic scholar, Orderic Vitalis. With plans already in place to publish a 'companion' volume on Orderic, this conference will aim to re-invigorate existing work and open new lines of research around a figure whose legacy has proven vital to scholars of the Anglo-Norman world.

While the conference welcomes papers on a wide scope of topics, we particularly invite abstracts for papers relating to the following areas:

•The manuscript history of Orderic's Historia ecclesiastica.

•Orderic's scholarly and scribal career away from the Historia ecclesiastica.

•Orderic’s travels, administrative activities, and studies away from Saint-Évroul.

•Orderic’s world view and his networks of knowledge-exchange and transfer.

•The 'rediscovery' of the Historia ecclesiastica by early modern audiences, and Orderic's subsequent influence on the development of Anglo-Norman studies.

Prospective speakers are invited to submit abstracts of between 250-300 words, and should also include their contact details (name, affiliation, e-mail address). The deadline for submissions is 1 September 2012. Limited bursaries towards travel costs will be offered to postgraduate speakers. If you wish to apply for one of these, please indicate this when submitting an abstract.

For further information about Orderic Vitalis: New perspectives on the historian and his world or to submit an abstract, please email Charlie Rozier, at: c.c.rozier@durham.ac.uk or Dan Roach at: dr229@exeter.ac.uk, or visit:
www.dur.ac.uk/imrs/conferences/orderic_vitalis/

Recensione a Attilio Bartoli Langeli, Notai. Scrivere documenti nell'Italia medievale, Roma 2006 (I libri di Viella, 56)

by Gianmarco De Angelis

Describing Handwriting (Part i–)

by Peter Stokes

Series of blog posts on formal approaches to describing handwriting for palaeographical analysis.

The Sanusi Creed in Kabyle Berber: Manuscript KA 21 from the Lmuhub Ulahbib Library (Béjaïa, Algeria)

by Jenia Gutova

draft, 32 pages

This article presents a study of an 18/19th-century Kabyle Berber manuscript from the Lmuhub Ulahbib library (Béjaïa,... more This article presents a study of an 18/19th-century Kabyle Berber manuscript from the Lmuhub Ulahbib library (Béjaïa, Algeria) dealing with theology (the Sanusi Creed). First, the manuscript is placed in its historical and religious context. The structure of the Berber text is presented and compared briefly with the Arabic sources. Palaeographic, orthographic, and linguistic features of the document are discussed and illustrated by means of a passage from the manuscript.

Documenti storici sulla “abbazia” di San Michele di Cervignano

by Gabriele Caiazza

published in: Michele, il guerriero celeste. L’Abbazia di S. Michele Arcangelo di Cervignano del Friuli. La storia, lo scavo, il culto, atti del convegno (Cervignano del Friuli, 28-29 settembre 2008), Cervignano del Friuli (UD) 2010, pp. 188-217

The monograph "Michael, the celestial warrior. The Abbey of St. Michael the Archangel in Cervignano of Friuli.... more The monograph "Michael, the celestial warrior. The Abbey of St. Michael the Archangel in Cervignano of Friuli. The history, the digging, the worship" - published in 2010 - contains the proceedings of the homonymous conference held in Cervignano (Udine) at the end of September 2008 on the initiative of the Aquileia Archaeological Group. On pages 188-217, the author of the essay "Historical documents on the 'Abbey' of St. Michael of Cervignano" analyzes the (few) testimonies related to the michaelic 'monasterium' riverside Ausa, the "castrum Ciruiganum" and the surrounding 'silva', the "villa de Siruiana", the 'centa' encircling the 'plebs' with its 'platea', and the "Insula Cirvignani"; also talking about a possible mention of that 'monasterium' in the eighth century, about the ancient (bell) tower, about the presumed "little church" of the eleventh century, about the remains of mosaic floors, about the ambiguities of the term 'monasterium' before the twelfth century and finally about the main stages in the history of the local 'pieve' of St. Michael the Archangel

Nel 2010 è stata data alle stampe la monografia "Michele, il guerriero celeste. L’Abbazia di S. Michele Arcangelo di Cervignano del Friuli. La storia, lo scavo, il culto", contenente gli atti del convegno omonimo svoltosi a Cervignano (Udine) alla fine di settembre del 2008 su iniziativa del Gruppo Archeologico di Aquileia. Alle pagine 188-217, trova spazio il saggio "Documenti storici sulla 'abbazia' di San Michele di Cervignano": in esso l’autore analizza le (poche) testimonianze relative al 'monasterium' micaelitico in riva al fiume Ausa, al "castrum Ciruiganum" e alla 'silva' circostante, alla "villa de Siruiana", alla 'centa' attorniante la 'plebs' con la 'platea' antistante, e alla "Insula Cirvignani"; trattando pure dell’eventuale citazione del 'monasterium' nell’VIII sec., dell’antica torre (campanaria), dell’ipotizzata "chiesetta" dell’XI sec., dei resti musivi pavimentali, della non univocità del termine 'monasterium' prima del XII sec. e infine delle principali fasi della storia della locale 'pieve' di San Michele Arcangelo

La tradizione manoscritta degli incantesimi tedeschi medievali. «Merope» 31 (2000), pp. 207-228.

by Eleonora Cianci

I Germani e la scrittura: atti del XXXIII Convegno dell'Associazione italiana di filologia germanica, Pescara 7-9 giugno 2006

by Eleonora Cianci

Emarginati o clandestini: modalità di annotazione degli incantesimi nei manoscritti medievali di area tedesca. In: I Germani e la scrittura. Atti del XXXIII Convegno dell'Associazione italiana di Filologia Germanica (Pescara 7-9 giugno 2006) a cura di Elisabetta Fazzini e Eleonora Cianci. Ed. Dell'Orso, Alessandria 2007, pp. 51-67.

by Eleonora Cianci

The manuscript tradition of the Old German charms. The manuscript tradition of the Old German charms.

Suciu-Further Leaves from a White Monastery Codex Containing Texts Attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria - galley proofs

by Alin Suciu

The galley proofs of my paper “Further Leaves from a White Monastery Codex Containing Texts Attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria,” forthcoming in Orientalia 81 (2012) 87-90 + tab. XXII-XXVII.

Ipotesi e verità storiche sul Crocifisso Bresciani di Cervignano

by Gabriele Caiazza

published in: “Ce fastu? Rivista della Società Filologica Friulana ‘Graziadio Isaia Ascoli’”, LXXXIV, 2008, 1, pp. 79-104

Promoted since 2004 by the Archaeological Group of Aquileia in collaboration with the Superintendent for National... more Promoted since 2004 by the Archaeological Group of Aquileia in collaboration with the Superintendent for National Monuments, the Project entitled “The Christ of the Countess” aimed to valorize the Romanesque crucifix located and preserved in the chapel of the Villa Bresciani in Cervignano del Friuli (Udine, Italy). At the same time, some other studies concerned the same sculptural piece of art, at least in part. Taking a cue from these publications, here the author represents the most important documentary sources as well as the innovative contributions that emerged from the original project about dating, production field, patronage, original location and epoch of relocation; furthermore he assesses the possible alternatives.

A partire dal 2004 il Gruppo Archeologico Aquileiese, in collaborazione con la Soprintendenza, ha promosso il Progetto “Il Cristo della Contessa”, per la valorizzazione del crocifisso romanico conservato nella cappella di villa Bresciani a Cervignano del Friuli (UD). Nel medesimo lasso di tempo, hanno visto la luce alcuni lavori che almeno in una certa misura si sono occupati della stessa opera scultorea. Partendo da questi ultimi, l’autore ripropone le principali fonti documentarie e gli innovativi apporti del progetto principale per quanto riguarda datazione, ambito produttivo, committenza, ubicazione originaria ed epoca del trasferimento, vagliando altresì le possibili alternative.

The Sanusi Creed in Kabyle Berber: Manuscript KA 21 from the Lmuhub Ulahbib Library (Béjaïa, Algeria)

by Jenia Gutova

MA-thesis (unpublished), comments are welcome

This paper presents the study of the Sanusi Creed in Kabyle Berber (manuscript KA 21 from the Lmuhub Ulahbib library,... more This paper presents the study of the Sanusi Creed in Kabyle Berber (manuscript KA 21 from the Lmuhub Ulahbib library, Béjaïa, Algeria). The Introduction provides necessary background information on Berber languages, on the manuscript in question, the topic it discusses, and the Arabic sources. The core of this work consists of the detailed analysis of the original document. It presents the text of the manuscript in the Arabic script, a line-for-line Latin transliteration, a transcription with added punctuation, a translation into English, interlinear glosses, and word-by-word glosses and comments. The last chapter discusses some of the most interesting features encountered in the manuscript, summarises the study, and draws some conclusions.

Le iscrizioni funerarie medievali della basilica di San Gavino: contributi preliminari per una rilettura

by Giuseppe Piras

published in G. PIRAS (a cura di), Il Regno di Torres 2. Atti di «Spazio e Suono» 1995-1997, Muros 2003, pp. 302-342.

Paleographic and Orthographic Features in the Description of Slavic Manuscripts

by Andrej Bojadžiev

Inscriptiones Medii Aevi ecclesiarum Sassarensium (saecula XIII-XV)

by Giuseppe Piras

published in «Archivio Storico Sardo», XLIV (2005), pp. 359-422

The author proposes a critical analysis and investigation of the entire corpus of medieval inscriptions (XIII-XV... more The author proposes a critical analysis and investigation of the entire corpus of medieval inscriptions (XIII-XV cent.) engraved or kept in the churches of Sassari. He also examines  the  development of the epigraphic scriptures and its typological characteristics in the medieval town of Sassari and its countryside.

Jean Miélot et son réseau. L’insertion à la cour de Bourgogne du traducteur-copiste

by Hanno Wijsman

Authored by Hanno Wijsman
published in : Le moyen français, 67 (2010), p. 129-156

This article in French questions the implantation of Jean Miélot and his works in the environment of the court of... more This article in French questions the implantation of Jean Miélot and his works in the environment of the court of Burgundy. I start from the observation that in spite of the enormous variety of interesting texts that Miélot has left us, it seems that he did not meet much success during his own life time. Many of his texts survive only in one or two copies and few contemporary libraries contained his books.
There are two questions to be asked : in the first place if we should see Miélot as an isolated author or as a writer who was well integrated in an environment of book producers at the Burgundian court, and in the second place if his works did indeed not meet much success or if they were more widely read than we think. Some investigations in the field of the handwriting and the decoration of the Miélot manuscripts confirm the idea that he was not an isolated writer, but on the contrary well integrated in a network of producers of books for the Burgundian court. We can suppose close ties with colleagues, especially with David Aubert.
An overview of the fifteenth-century owners of manuscripts containing Miélot's texts shows that his readers were limited to a very small circle of the ducal family and of several members of the high nobility at the Burgundian court. His texts were indeed as good as not spread to other social groups, nor to other geographical areas. Jean Miélot is an original and interesting fifteenth century figure and combined codicological, paleographical, textual, and stylistic research can offer us new insights in his place and his work.

Cet article en français aborde la problématique de l'insertion de Jean Miélot et de ses œuvres dans le milieu de la cour de Bourgogne. On observe que, malgré la grande variété des textes que Miélot nous a laissés et leur grand intérêt, ils ne semblent pas avoir eu beaucoup de succès à son époque. Beaucoup de ses œuvres ne sont connues que par un ou deux manuscrits, et ses livres se trouvaient dans peu de bibliothèques. Deux questions s'imposent donc : tout d'abord, celle de savoir si l'on doit voir Jean Miélot comme un écrivain isolé ou bien comme un auteur bien inséré dans un milieu des artisans du livre à la cour de Bourgogne ; deuxièmement, si ses œuvres n'ont effectivement pas eu beaucoup de rayonnement ou si elles étaient par contre largement diffusées.
Des recherches dans le domaine de l'écriture et de la décoration des manuscrits de Miélot confirment que le chanoine n'est pas un auteur isolé, mais qu'il est bien intégré dans un réseau de producteurs de livres pour la cour de Bourgogne. Des liens étroits avec David Aubert peuvent être supposés.
D'autre part, un aperçu des possesseurs des manuscrits contenant des textes de Miélot au XV siècle révèle que ses lecteurs étaient confinés au cercle très restreint de la famille ducale et de quelques membres de la haute noblesse à la cour de Bourgogne. Ses textes ne se sont pas, ou à peine, diffusés vers d'autres groupes sociaux ou vers d'autres aires géographiques. Jean Miélot est une figure originale et intéressante du XV siècle. Une approche intégrant codicologie, paléographie et l'étude du texte et de l'image peut nous apporter un nouveau regard sur son rôle et sur ses œuvres.

ATLANTIS · TARTESSOS. Aegyptius Codex · Clavis · Epítome de la Atlántida Histórico-Científica: LA ATLÁNTIDA DE ESPAÑA. UNA CONFEDERACIÓN TALASOCRÁTICA IBERO-MAURETANA Y HICSO-MINOICA. Un estudio de la Atlántida -a modo de exordio- desde las fuentes documentales primarias y secundarias. Volumen I.

by Georgeos Díaz-Montexano

CAPÍTULOS GRATIS PARA DESCARGAR EN PDF...

Por si desea hacerse una más aproximada de la calidad de los contenidos de este Epitome o breve resumen de mi serie de Atlantología Histórico-Científica en VI volúmenes.

-Introducción
-Platón (427-347 A.C.) ¿Qué dijo realmente Platón sobre la Atlántida?
-Olimpiodoro El Joven (circa 495-570 A.D.) La Atlántida en la menor de las cuencas del Mundo.
-Diodoro Sículo (I A.D.) Atlantes y Gorgonas contra Amazonas.
-Plinio el Viejo (23?-79 A.D.) Atlantis en el Atlántico, frente al Atlas.
-Numenio de Apamea (II A.D.) Sobre Atlantes-Titanes y el Amenti de los Egipcios.

Link: http://www.georgeosdiazmontexano.com/

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ATLANTIS · TARTESSOS. Aegyptius Codex · Clavis · Epítome de la Atlántida Histórico-Científica: LA ATLÁNTIDA DE ESPAÑA. UNA CONFEDERACIÓN TALASOCRÁTICA IBERO-MAURETANA Y HICSO-MINOICA. Un estudio de la Atlántida -a modo de exordio- desde las fuentes documentales primarias y secundarias. Volumen I.

Authored by Georgeos Díaz-Montexano (http://www.GeorgeosDiazMontexano.com/).
Portada. Diseño e ilustración por la artista visual argentina Monik Perz (http://Monikperz.com.ar/).
ISBN-13: 978-1461019589
ISBN-10: 1461019583 [Aunque los números de ISBN ya han sido otorgados, pero tardarán al menos unas tres semanas en aparecer en los catálogos de las librerías. Como ya se verá en su momento serán estos mismos números]
Libro a color (La mayoría de las ilustraciones son a color, aunque en estos ejemplos estén en grises y B/N)

ATLANTIS · TARTESSOS. Aegyptius Codex · Clavis · Epítome de la Atlántida Histórico-Científica · LA ATLÁNTIDA DE ESPAÑA. UNA CONFEDERACIÓN TALASOCRÁTICA IBERO-MAURETANA Y HICSO-MINOICA. Un estudio de la Atlántida -a modo de exordio- desde las fuentes documentales primarias y secundarias. Volumen I, es la primera entrega -a modo de exordio- de una serie de varios volúmenes sobre un estudio basado en el análisis paleográfico, etimológico y lexicográfico de los textos del Critias y el Timeo en sus versiones greco-latinas más antiguas conocidas en la tradición manuscrita; así como la tradición exegética en relación con la historia de la Atlántida. Se concluye que la civilización atlántica descrita por Platón -de haber existido- solo podría encontrarse en el triángulo comprendido entre la Península Ibérica, las islas Madeira y el noroeste de África, siendo dichas regiones -en parte- restos del territorio Atlántico donde se enmarcaría la narración. Mientras que su isla-acrópolis, o ciudad sagrada, junto con el resto de la metrópolis circular concéntrica podría ser hallada en algún punto -aún indeterminado- del golfo atlántico existente desde Gibraltar hasta las Islas Madeiras, bien bajo el mar o bajo alguna marisma, próxima a la costa de cualquiera de las tres regiones geográficas señaladas. Se sientan las bases para el inicio de una Atlantología Histórico-Científica, más acorde con la realidad de los hechos descritos por Platón y los datos existentes en las restantes antiguas fuentes escritas, incluso ajenas a Platón, junto con las aportaciones de la geología, la geografía, la sismología y la arqueología, entre otras disciplinas científicas.

Se tratará en el libro también el asunto del documental "Finding Atlantis". Hallando la Atlántida. Encontrando la Atlántida. Documental de National Geographic Society (N.G.S.). Conducido por el Dr. Richard Freund. Arqueólogos, Dr. Sebastián Celestino, Dr. Claudio Lozano, Dr. Juan Antonio Morales. Estelas Tartésicas (Tartessias) del Suroeste. Cancho Roano. Investigaciones en el Parque Natural del Coto de Doñana, en las Marismas de Hinojos, Huelva.

NOTA: Los interesados en esta edición especial de pre-lanzamiento deben enviar un email a info@georgeosdiazmontexano.com donde le proporcionaremos toda la información necesaria.

Un adelanto de mi libro... Os dejo un PDF con algunas páginas gratuitas de mi libro. Mi prólogo (Prólogo del Autor), el libro contará con otros prólogos de destacados investigadores de la Universidad de Barcelona... Más adelante facilitaré también el Sumario o Índice de Contenidos, y una Introducción... Espero que esto sirva para que podáis haceros una mejor idea del mismo y que os ayude a valorar la posibilidad de adquirir el resto de la obra. Un saludo muy cordial, Georgeos Díaz-montexano. Link de descarga: http://www.mediafire.com/?n35tk4oa2b42l7m

Diseño de portada por la artista visual argentina Monik Perz (http://www.monikperz.com.ar/)

Suciu Thomassen Offprint

by Alin Suciu

I recently edited together with Einar Thomassen a parchment folio owned by the Norwegian collector Martin Schøyen. The Schøyen leaf (MS 1991) was immediately followed in the codex by another dismembered fragment which ended up in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. They seem to belong to an unknown apocryphal writing, although the echoes it contains of fifth century Christological debates should warn against regarding it as an early document.