Postgraduate Course: Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries (PGHC11125)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
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 | An introduction to the palaeography of documents produced in Scotland in the period 1100-1500. The course covers a variety of document forms in Latin and Scots: charters, indentures, letters, official and financial records and extracts from literary works. |
| Course description |
An introduction to the palaeography of documents produced in Scotland in the period 1100-1500. The course covers a variety of document forms in Latin and Scots: charters, indentures, letters, official and financial records and extracts from literary works.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 15 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Short in-class tests in weeks 4, 6, 8 and 10 assessing ability to read and understand the contents of untranslated documents in original hand (formative assessment only).
One source analysis of 5,000 words subjecting a single document or extract to intensive investigation in terms of production, form and content (100% of the course mark).
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate in a source analysis and in-class tests a detailed and critical command of the body of knowledge concerning late medieval Scottish palaeography
- Demonstrate in source analysis and in-class tests an ability to analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship concerning late medieval Scottish palaeography, and engage critically with the appropriate primary source materials
- Demonstrate in in-class tests, an ability to understand and apply specialised research or professional skills, techniques and practices considered in the course
- Demonstrate in source analysis and in-class tests an ability to read late medieval scripts, identify common suspensions and contractions, and comment on the context for document production and use
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Reading List
Grant G Simpson Scottish Handwriting 1150-1650 (1973)
L. C. Hector The Handwriting of English Documents (2nd ed., 1966)
N. Denholm-Young Handwriting in England and Wales (1954)
G.E. Dawson & L. Kennedy-Skipton Elizabethan Handwriting 1500-1650 (1968)
B. Bischoff Latin Palaeography (1990) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | scottish palaeography |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Stephen Boardman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4035
Email: Steve.Boardman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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