Annaclara Cataldi Palau
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Annaclara Cataldi Palau, professor at the King's College London
, Greek palaeographer; area of interest: Greek mediaeval and renaissance palaeography, and history of book.
and studied Classics in the University of Genoa
, then she lived several years in Paris and studied Greek Palaeography at the Sorbonne
. Her studies there were culminated in a ‘Doctorat’ in Greek Palaeography. In 1994 she was commissioned to catalogue the Greek manuscripts in the Bodleian Library
.
In palaeography Palau propose new criteria to distinguish the 8th century manuscripts form the 9th century:
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
, Greek palaeographer; area of interest: Greek mediaeval and renaissance palaeography, and history of book.
Life
Palau was born in GenoaGenoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
and studied Classics in the University of Genoa
University of Genoa
The University of Genoa is one of the largest universities in Italy.Located in Liguria on the Italian Riviera, the university was founded in 1471. It currently has about 40,000 students, 1,800 teaching and research staff and about 1,580 administrative staff.- Campus :The University of Genoa is...
, then she lived several years in Paris and studied Greek Palaeography at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
. Her studies there were culminated in a ‘Doctorat’ in Greek Palaeography. In 1994 she was commissioned to catalogue the Greek manuscripts in the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
.
In palaeography Palau propose new criteria to distinguish the 8th century manuscripts form the 9th century:
- the development of accentuation, the regularity of the accentuation suggest a date in the 9th century
- the abundant colourful decoration is uncharacteristic of the eighth century. Rich ornamentation is infrequent in the 8th century manuscripts, mostly they have uncomplicated initials.
Works
- Catalogo dei manoscritti greci della Biblioteca Franzoniana (Genova) : (Urbani 2-20) (Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Bollettino dei Classici, Suppl. n. 8), Rome 1990.
- La biblioteca del Cardinale Giovanni Salviati: Alcuni nuovi manoscritti greci in biblioteche diverse della Vaticana, Scriptorium: Revue internationale des études relative aux manuscrits, 49 (1995)
- Gian Francesco d'Asola e la tipografia aldina: La vita, le edizioni, la biblioteca dell'Asolano, Genoa: Sagep Libri & Communicazione, 1998
- A Little Known Manuscript of the Gospels in ‘Maiuscola biblica’: Basil. Gr A. N. III. 12, Byzantion 74 (2004): 463-516
- The Burdett-Coutts collection of Greek manuscripts: manuscripts from Epirus in: Codices Maniscripti (2006), 31-64
- Studies in Greek manuscripts (Spoleto 2008)