LET016 - MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LATIN PHILOLOGY

courses

ID:

LET016

Duration (hours):

63

CFU:

SSD:

LETTERATURA LATINA MEDIEVALE E UMANISTICA

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

HUMANITIES/LETTERE CLASSICHE Year: 2

Course Details:

HUMANITIES/LETTERE MODERNE Year: 3

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Course Objectives

The Course is meant to contribute to reaching the learning and professional objectives of the programme.
In particular, it aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of Mediaeval and Humanistic Latin. Students will achieve skills in reading written sources produced during the Middle Ages and Humanism. - Expected learning results: 1) knowledge of the Course subjects (text analysis, commentary); 2) ability to critically discuss specific case-studies; autonomy in analysing texts; 3) communication skills (ability in using specifical language of each discipline; clarity in communicating contents).

Course Prerequisites

No mandatory prerequisites required.

Teaching Methods

The Course consists of lectures (6 CFU = 42 hours; 9 CFU = 63 hours, divided into 3 lessons per week; each lesson will take 2 hours). Students will be tested to assess their learning. Slides will be shown in order to support learning.

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Assessment Methods

The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understanding of the issues discussed during the Course, their knowledge of the bibliography in the reading list, the correct command of the specific language as well as of critical and methodological abilities.
The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Texts

6 CFU

M. Berté, M. Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, nuova ed., Bologna, Il Mulino, 2025
Riccardo da Bury, Philobiblon, Introduzione di Mariateresa Fumagalli Beonio Brocchieri, trad. e note di Riccardo Fedriga, Milano, BUR, 1998, pp. 5-211
S. Vecchio, La biblioteca di Riccardo di Bury, in «I Castelli di Yale», VI (2003), pp. 31-42.

OPTIONAL READINGS FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS, BUT MANDATORY FOR NON ATTENDING:

M. Ferrari, Il rilancio dei classici e dei Padri, in Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo: 1. Il medioevo latino, vol.III: La ricezione del testo, a cura di G. Cavallo, C. Leonardi, E. Menestò, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1995, pp. 429- 455
M. Feo, Tradizione latina, in Letteratura Italiana, dir. A. A. Rosa, V. Le questioni, Torino, Einaudi, 1996, pp. 311-378

9 CFU
In addition to everything outlined for the 6 CFU curriculum, those enrolled for the full 9 CFU must also study:

Petrarca, De remediis I 43, in Berté, Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, pp.
M. Feo, Tradizione latina, in Letteratura Italiana, dir. A. A. Rosa, V. Le questioni, Torino, Einaudi, 1996, pp. 311-378

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6 CFU
The course will focus on Richard of Bury's 'Philobiblon', a Latin prose text from the 14th century. It will involve reading the text (the Italian translation is provided in the bibliography) with commentary, aimed at illustrating the content from a linguistic perspective but primarily from a historical and cultural viewpoint.
9 CFU
In addition to everything outlined for the 6 CFU curriculum, those enrolled for the full 9 CFU must also study the chapter in Petrarch’s De remediis concerning the accumulation of books (Rem. I 43), whose text and translation will be analysed by the teacher.

Course Language

Italian

More information

Attendance to this Course is highly recommended.
Students who cannot attend the Course are requested to make an appointment with the teacher; they must also study the following essays in addition to the program: