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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology)

Postgraduate Course: Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries (PGHC11125)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2023/24, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  15
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
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).
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate in a source analysis and in-class tests a detailed and critical command of the body of knowledge concerning late medieval Scottish palaeography
  2. 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
  3. Demonstrate in in-class tests, an ability to understand and apply specialised research or professional skills, techniques and practices considered in the course
  4. 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
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
Keywordsscottish palaeography
Contacts
Course organiserProf Stephen Boardman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4035
Email: Steve.Boardman@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk
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