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 106-123 Latin Paleography and Codicology

Note

Formerly available as 106-467. Students who have completed 106-467 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Bernard Muir

Prerequisites

Introductory classical or medieval Latin (or the equivalent, as approved by the subject coordinator)

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

Students taking this subject will study: textual theory; the elements of codicology and paleography; and examples of the major European bookhands. They will complete exercises in transcription and learn to implement their new editorial skills by preparing a rudimentary edition of a manuscript text.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words including weekly assignments tailored to the particular backgrounds and needs of students.

Prescribed Texts
  • B Bischoff, D O Croinin & D Ganz (trans), Latin Paleography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Cambridge UP 1990.
  • D C Greetham, Textual Scholarship. Garland 1994.
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