Università Roma Tre

Title of the course: Elements of history of tradition and critics of the text
Description of the course: The course aims to provide students with elements of Classical Philology and a basic knowledge of history of tradition and textual criticism of Greek and Latin authors.
The program involves practices of composition, publication and divulgation of the ancient book (I), as well as transmission processes and critical editing procedures of Classics (II). The acquired abilities concerning manuscript tradition, constitutio textus and critical apparatus will be measured on critical editions of Greek and Latin authors (III).
The knowledge of the Latin and Greek languages is necessary.

- Tommaso Braccini, La scienze dei testi antichi: Introduzione alla filologia classica, Milano, Le Monnier, 2017 (ISBN 9788800746540);
- Paul Maas, La critica del testo, Translated by Giorgio Ziffer, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e letteratura, 2017 ("Opere Varie", ISBN 9788893590495);
- photocopies provided by the teacher.
Students unable to attend the lessons will replace the lessons with:
- Leighton D. Reynolds e Nigel G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi: La tradizione dei classici dall’Antichità ai tempi moderni, Traduzione di Mirella Ferrari con una premessa di Giuseppe Billanovich, Quarta edizione riveduta e ampliata, Roma-Padova, Editrice Antenore, 2016 (ISBN 9788884556967).