Postgraduate Course: Working with Pre-modern Manuscripts (CLLC11129)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides students with an introduction to manuscript study and the skills involved in working with manuscripts. Seminars on the manuscript cultures of the middle ages and Renaissance will be followed by an introduction to basic principles of palaeography, codicology and textual editing. Classes will focus on particular examples from a range of periods and languages, aiming through these to raise issues, concepts and methodologies relevant to all students working on pre-modern manuscripts. Students will be directed to relevant on-line resources to support seminar activity. In the latter part of the course each student will work on an individual textual project within their own area of specialisation. |
| Course description |
1) Manuscript culture: medieval (In Centre for Research Collections. Considering an illustrative range of examples from different manuscripts/periods/languages.)
2) Manuscript in the age of print. (In CRC, as above.)
3) What is palaeography? (Identifying letters. Changing letter forms. Contractions. Hands)
4) Transcription: conventions and skills.
5) Interpreting manuscripts: materials, construction/layout, penmanship, language, date/provenance.
6) Manuscripts and textual editing. (Comparing originals with modern editions: what are the issues?)
7) Weeks 7-10: work with an individual staff member in the student's own area on a small textual project, resulting in transcription/edition. This will include a student-led week for the whole class to meet and discuss issues arising from the projects.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students from programmes other than Medieval Literatures and Cultures may take this course but must discuss first with the Course Organiser. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 17 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 16,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 2,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Textual Project involving palaeography and textual editing (100%) |
| Feedback |
Two formative practice exercises on aspects of the final project (transcription and editing) will be undertaken during the course, and returned with individual feedback. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- acquire a basic knowledge of the history of manuscripts through the middle ages and Renaissance
- develop a recognition of the issues involved in working with and interpreting pre-modern manuscripts
- understand the underlying principles of palaeography and the conventions of transcription, and the questions raised by codicology and textual editing
- develop practical skills in reading, transcribing and interpreting a particular manuscript relating to their own area of research
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Reading List
Bischoff, Bernhard. 1990. Latin palaeography : antiquity and the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cappelli, Adriano, David Heimann, and Richard Kay. 1982. The elements of abbreviation in medieval Latin paleography, University of Kansas publications. Lawrence: Universiy of Kansas Libraries.
Cappelli, Adriano. 1979. Lexicon abbreviaturarum : dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane usate nelle carte e codici specialmente del Medio-Evo, riprodotte con oltre 14000 segni incisi, con l'aggiunta di uno studio sulla brachigrafia medioevale, un prontuario di sigle epigrafiche, l'antica numerazione romana ed arabica ed i segni indicanti monete, pesi, misure, etc. 6a ed, Manuali Hoepli. Milano: Hoepli ;.
Clanchy, M. T. 1993. From memory to written record : England 1066-1307. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell.
Crick, Julia C., and Alexandra Walsham. 2004. The uses of script and print, 1300-1700. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Denholm-Young, N. 1964. Handwriting in England and Wales. 2nd ed. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
Great Britain. Scottish Record Office. 1994. Scottish handwriting, 1500-1700 : a self-help pack. Edinburgh: Scottish Record Office.
Hector, L. C. 1966. The handwriting of English documents. 2nd ed. London: Edward Arnold.
Parkes, M. B. 1979. English cursive book hands, 1250-1500. Repr. with minor revisions. ed. London,.
Parkes, M.B. 1973. The Literacy of the Laity. In Literature and Western Civilization: Vol 2 The Medieval World, edited by D. D. a. A. Thorlby. London: Aldus.
Simpson, Grant G. 1998. Scottish handwriting, 1150-1650 : an introduction to the reading of documents. East Linton: Tuckwell Press.
On-line resources:
A wiki will be used to provide support material and links to general and specific on-line palaeographic resources:
https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/Palaeo/
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | WwPmM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Carpenter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3608
Email: Sarah.Carpenter@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Inga Ackermann
Tel: (0131 6)50 4465
Email: Inga.Ackermann@ed.ac.uk |
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