Guglielmo Cavallo
Encyclopedia
Guglielmo Cavallo is an Italian
Greek palaeographer
and professor from the Sapienza University of Rome.
in 1961. In 1969, he moved to Rome and became the first assistant of the Greek Palaeography Special School for Archivists and Librarians, and professor of the History of the manuscript tradition at the 'Sapienza University of Rome'. Since 1978, he has been professor of Greek Palaeography in Rome.
He examined and described Codex Basilensis A. N. III. 12 and dated it to the early 8th century. He examined Papyrus 39, Uncial 059
, 0175
, 0187
, Lectionary 1386
and many other Greek manuscripts from the Byzantine period.
Italy
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Greek palaeographer
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
and professor from the Sapienza University of Rome.
Life
Cavallo graduated from the University of BariUniversity of Bari
The University of Bari is a university located in Bari, Italy. It was founded in 1925 and is organized in 12 Faculties.-Organization:These are the 13 faculties in which the university is divided into:* Faculty of Agricultural Science...
in 1961. In 1969, he moved to Rome and became the first assistant of the Greek Palaeography Special School for Archivists and Librarians, and professor of the History of the manuscript tradition at the 'Sapienza University of Rome'. Since 1978, he has been professor of Greek Palaeography in Rome.
He examined and described Codex Basilensis A. N. III. 12 and dated it to the early 8th century. He examined Papyrus 39, Uncial 059
Uncial 059
Uncial 059 , ε 09 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 4th or 5th century.- Description :The codex contains a part of the Gospel of Mark , on 1 parchment leaf...
, 0175
Uncial 0175
Uncial 0175 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th century The manuscript has survived in a very fragmentary condition.- Description :...
, 0187
Uncial 0187
Uncial 0187 , ε 024 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century.- Description :...
, Lectionary 1386
Lectionary 1386
Lectionary 1386, designated by siglum ℓ 1386 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment...
and many other Greek manuscripts from the Byzantine period.
Works
- Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica, Florence, Le Monnier, 1967
- "Scritture italo-greche librarie e documentarie. Note introduttive ad uno studio correlato", Bisanzio e l’Italia. Raccolte di studi in memoria di Agostino Pertusi, Milan 1982, 29-38.
- I bizantini in Italia, Milan, 1982 (editor)
- Libri, scritture, scribi a Ercolano, Naples, Macchiaroli, 1983
- L'uomo bizantino, The University of Chicago Press, 1997 (editor)
- Dalla parte del libro. Storie di trasmissione dei classici, Urbino, Quattroventi, 2002
- La cultura bizantina, Rome: Salerno Editrice, 2004 (editor)
- Il calamo e il papiro. La scrittura greca dall'età ellenistica ai primi secoli di Bisanzio, Florence, Gonnelli, 2005