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Group-analytic diagnosis was explored in the following paper. In the training field, the writing of this paper resulted from collaboration between teachers and postgraduates of the COIRAG Postgraduate School, in Rome. In particular, a paper's excerpt was submitted by some students at the seminar entitled "The field of diagnosis: personality, family and context", held by Vittorio Lingiardi and Nancy McWilliams. A case illustration has been described, exemplifying a way of observing the diagnostic process and constructing the therapeutic project, within the groupanalytic field. So the authors focused on some process diagnostic variables, such as the relationship between identification and identity, family network and social network, "co-transfert", dream work, the institutional level. For the authors, the analytic diagnosis of the patient involves careful observation of both the intrapsychic world of patient and therapist and the interpersonal and social context. This way of approaching the diagnostic process is very present in the research project carried out over the years by the seminar speakers, which led to the writing of the PDM. Some connections between the psychodynamic setting of PDM and the group-analytic one will be proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The essay examines Rebibbia Quarantine, a series of animated shorts released by renowned Italian comic artist Zerocalcare (Michele Rech) both on his social network channels and via television broadcast in the Spring of 2020. The series chronicles the consequences of the lockdown on the author himself and the people of his neighborhood, Rebibbia (a suburban district of Rome). While these shorts are comedic in tone, I argue they can actually be considered as an example of 'graphic journalism', albeit combined with a semi-autobiographical, diaristic narrative. This paper engages in a close reading of Zerocalcare's pandemicrelated shorts, exploring their peculiarities as regards to content, style and format, and underlining their importance in the Italian media covering of the Covid-19 crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the subtle play of references related to each character name variation, based on crucial points in the plot. Galateo, the title of the work, derives from the Latinized name of the dedicatee, Galeazzo Florimonte. This is in line with the Ciceronian habit in vogue in the sixteenth century consisting of the use of an anthroponym inserted in the title. Galeazzo Florimonte - bishop of Aquino and Sessa Aurunca, Casa's friend during the years he lived in Rome, whose Libro delle inezie is an essential point of Della Casa's volume - also appears as a real, historical figure. Finally, there is Galateo, the fictional character who comes to life and intersects the story line, becoming an integral part of it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the Shepherd of Hermas, a Christian apocalypse from the 2nd century, the narrator sees his first two visions after departing from Rome «unto villages» (εἰς κώμας: 1,3; 5,1). For a long time, a number of scholars have regarded that phrase as a textual corruption for εἰς Κούμας, meaning that Hermas was travelling to Cume, a small town in Campania. The latter phrase is not attested as such by any witness of the Shepherd, but it can be inferred from both ancient Latin translations of the work. Scholars are still divided on this issue. The present paper aims at showing that the conjecture εἰς Κούμας should be retained, despite the sound general rule that attested readings have to be preferred as far as possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scholars of late antique art commonly and uncritically accept that the Revelation provided the source for late antique church decoration. They rarely discuss the extent to which this text served as a basis for the vivid iconographies typical of late antique ecclesiastical décor. This paper explores how the imagery of Revelation impacted on late antique mosaic programs, considering as a crucial case study the triumphal arch of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore at Rome and, particularly, the motif of precious stones and jewels so frequent on several elements of the decoration. The latter also appears on a cornice, a jeweled band which later spread in the art of the whole empire, both in church and -- what is less known -- secular contexts. This motif will be explored first in a visual perspective and then defining its value in the culture of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to present the contents of Satellite meeting IFLA “Transforming LIS education for professionals in a global information world: digital inclusion, social inclusion and lifelong learning”, held in August 30-31, 2019, at Vatican Library and Palazzo Cardinal Cesi in Rome. The authors pay attention to specific topics about LIS education (derived by globalization, widespread of ITC and changes connected with it): the standardization of curricula to improve the occupational mobility; the ethical implications of digitalization of ‘culturally sensitive’ item to promote the communication, the collaboration and the integration between communities; the introduction of LIS educations in university in order to encourage new classes and increase the dialog between institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses a line from Ennius' Annales describing the position from which Remus took the auspices at the founding of the city of Rome (74Sk.). It is unmetrical. This paper outlines the scholarly history of the problem and proposes an old conjecture for reconsideration that points to a mythological variant and some possible literary echoes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]