A minimum knowledge of Latin is advisable (texts in Latin and also in Old Catalan will be read in class). Unfortunately, neither language history nor translation classes are required, so a minimum knowledge is required.

Paleography, despite being an autonomous science, is a fundamental tool for all studies of Philology and History, as it provides the basis for a correct interpretation of the written sources of any era. Therefore, the aim of the course is to train students to read and interpret all kinds of written documents, codices, diplomas and inscriptions in the Latin alphabet, within a chronological arc that goes from the Antiquity to the present day. The classes will have an eminently practical character. Previously, however, the basic theoretical notions for technical reading and critical editing of texts, as well as for understanding the evolution of Latin writing, will be given.
										
											
										
											The course also aims to provide students with the essential keys to understand the history of the book and to acquire the rudiments of codicology. With this aim in mind, the study of the various formats of the book throughout history, from its beginnings to the appearance of the printing press, as well as everything related to its elaboration, transmission and conservation. In addition, the student will be introduced to the methodology of the history of the book from a series of practical exercises (among which, the identification of fragments of manuscripts, the reading of contemporary inventories, the codicological description of an ancient text, etc.).
										
											
										
											At the end of the course the student must be able to:
										
											1. To know the basic features of the history of the book and of Latin writing and codicology.
										
											2. Explain the process of making, transmitting and preserving the book throughout history.
										
											3. Comment on the codicological features of a manuscript using the appropriate technical vocabulary.

Historical and philological research requires the researcher to be able to read and interpret manuscript texts, whether they are of a literary or paraliterary nature. This allows direct consultation of the sources of information of History and Philology for each of its periods.
										
											Agenda (provisional):
										
											
										
											(Paleography)
										
											1. Introduction. History of Paleography
										
											2. Latin writing. Origin and evolution
										
											3. High medieval graphic fragmentation.
										
											4. A return to unity: Carolingian writing.
										
											5. Gothic writing and the humanities
										
											6. Types of incunable printing presses and first prints.
										
											
										
											(Codicology)
										
											1.Codicology vs. Codicography.
										
											2. Methodology for studying the history of the book
										
											3. The origin of writing
										
											4. The Book in Classical Antiquity: Greece and Rome. From volume to codex.
										
											5. The book in the Middle Ages: from medieval scriptoria to the university book
										
											5. The appearance of the printing press.
										
											
										
											At the beginning of the course, the specific and general bibliography will be provided for each of the sections

The student will have to carry out a continuous work throughout the course. The master classes will serve the student to contextualize the compulsory reading titles and to be able to apply the knowledge acquired to the elaboration of the work. A critical review of one of the selected titles in the various thematic blocks and a course work that must be supervised by the teacher responsible for the subject must be prepared.
										
											Submissions for reviews and work must be made on the agreed date: the indicative (and almost final) calendar can be consulted at the end of this teaching guide.
										
											The content of the subject will be sensitive to aspects related to the gender perspective.
										
											
										
											There will therefore be 4 written tests (2 critical reviews, 1 work of the subject and 1 written test at the end of the semester).

Students will be required to take several written tests throughout the course.
										
											
										
											It will also be essential to carry out a final project, which will consist of the codicological description of a manuscript.
										
											
										
											The recovery will take place on the day determined by the calendar of the Center and only students who have passed the continuous assessment will be able to take the exam. The recovery will focus on the syllabus (which has been the basis for the Final Written Test), a maximum of one Pass can be obtained, and in no case will it be used to raise the grade.
										
											
										
											In cases where the tests cannot be carried out in person, their format will be adapted (maintaining their weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB virtual tools. Homework, activities and class participation will be done through forums, wikis and / or discussions of exercises through Moodle, Teams, BBCollaborate, etc. The teacher will ensure that the student can access it or offer alternative means that are available to him.
										
											
										
											The student will receive the grade of "Not assessable" as long as he has not delivered more than 30% of the assessment activities.
										
											
										
											In the event that the student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instructed. In the event of several irregularities in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.

Bibliography

It is interesting to read the small essay by ORDER, N., La utilitat de l'inútil. Manifest. Barcelona: 2013 (there is a Spanish translation), although it is not obligatory as well as that of A.CASTILLO, El placer de los libros inútiles y otras lecturas en los Siglos de Oro. Madrid: 2018. Every student of Human Sciences, in general, should read  N.Ordine.

Basic bibliography (Paleography). At the beginning of the course, a more detailed one will be provided, if necessary.

 

BISCHOFF, B., Paléographie de l’Antiquité romaine et du moyen âge occidental. Paris: 1985.

MALLON, J., Paléographie romaine. Madrid: 1952.

MILLARES CARLO, A., Tratado de paleografía española. 3ª ed. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1983.

RIESCO TERRERO, A. (dir.), Introducción a la paleografia y diplomática general. Madrid: Editorial Síntesis, 2002.

 

 

Bibliography for critical reviews (Book History and Codicology)

THEMATHIC BLOCK I

 

. Història del llibre

BÁEZ, F., Los primeros libros de la Humanidad. El mundo [del libro] antes de la imprenta y el libro electrónico. Madrid: Fórcola Ediciones, 2013.

BARBIER,F. , Historia del libro, Madrid: Alianza, 2005 (ed.orig: 2001).

DOMINGO BAGUER, I., Para qué han servido los libros. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2013.

ESCOLAR SOBRINO, H. Dir., Historia ilustrada del libro español. Los manuscritos, Madrid: Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, 1993; De los incunables al siglo XVIII, Madrid: FGSR, 1995.

ESCOLAR SOBRINO, H., Manual de historia del libro, Madrid: Gredos, 2000.

FEBVRE,L.-MARTIN, H.J., La aparición del libro, México: FCE, 2005 (ed.orig: 1958).

MARZO MAGNO, A., L’alba dei libri. Quando Venezia ha fatto leggere il mondo. Milano: Garzanti Libri, 2012.

MILLARES CARLO, A., Introducción a la historia del libro y de las bibliotecas, México: FCE, 1993 (ed.orig: 1971).

 

. Codicology

AGATI, M.L., Il libro manoscritto. Introduzione alla codicologia, Roma: L’Erma, 2003

AVENOZA, G.-FERNÁNDEZ, L.-SORIANO, L. (eds), La producción del libro en la Edad Media. Una visión interdisciplinar, Madrid: Sílex, 2019.

DAIN, A., Les manuscrits, Paris: 1975.

MANIACI, M., Archeologia del manoscritto. Metodi, problemi, bibliografia recente. Roma: Viella, 2002

OSTOS, P. et al., Vocabulario de codicologia, Madrid: Arco Libros, 1997.

RUIZ GARCÍA, E., Introducción a la codicología, Madrid: FGSR, 2002

 

THEMATIC BLOCK II

 

. Transmission:

BÁEZ, F., Historia universal de la destrucción de libros. De las tablillas sumerias a la guerra de Irak. Barcelona: Destino, 2004.

BOUZA, F., Corre manuscrito. Una historia cultural del Siglo de Oro. Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2001

CAHILL, T., De cómo los irlandeses salvaron la civilización. Barcelona: Norma, 2007.

CARRIÓN, J. Librerías. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2013.

GIL, L., Censura en el mundo antiguo. Madrid: Alianza, 2003.

ESTEVE, C., ed., Las razones del censor. Control ideológico y censura de libros en la primera Edad Moderna. Bellaterra: UAB, 2013.

KREBS, Ch., El libro más peligroso. La ‘Germania’ de Tácito, del Imperio Romano al Tercer Reich. Barcelona: Crítica, 2011.

IGLESIAS-FONSECA, J.A., ed. Communicatio. Un itinerari històric. Murcia: Nausícaä-UAB, 2013.

PEÑA DÍAZ, M., Escribir y prohibir. Inquisición y censura en los Siglos de Oro. Madrid: Cátedra, 2015.

REYNOLDS,L.D.-WILSON, N.G., Copistas y filólogos. Madrid: Gredos, 1995 (ed.orig: 1968)

 

. Conservation:

BÁEZ, F., Historia universal de la destrucción de libros. De las tablillas sumerias a la guerra de Irak. Barcelona: Destino, 2004

BROOKS, G., Els guardians del llibre, Barcelona: La Magrana, 2008 [hi ha trad.castellana]

FULD, W., Breve historia de los libros prohibidos. Barcelona: RBA, 2013.

KELLY, S., La biblioteca de los libros perdidos. Barcelona: Paidós, 2007

MENDOZA DÍAZ-MARTOTO, F., La pasión por los libros: un acercamiento a la bibliofilia. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 2002

PETROSKI, A., Mundolibro. Barcelona: Edhasa, 2002 (ed.orig: 1999)

POLASTRON, L., Libros en llamas. Historia de la interminable destrucción de bibliotecas. México: FCE, 2007 (ed.orig: 2004)

RUIZ BAUTISTA, E., Tiempo de censura. La represión editorial durante el franquismo. Gijón: Trea, 2008