106-467 Latin Paleography and Codicology

Formerly available as 106-123. Students who have completed 106-123 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

37.5 points of second/third-year English and/or the completion of introductory classical or medieval Latin (or the equivalent as approved by the coordinator) for third year, admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in English for fourth year.

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

Written work totalling 4000 words for 3rd year, 5000 words for 4th year.

• D C Greetham, Textual Scholarship: An Introduction. Garland, 1994.
• B J Muir, Ductus. Melbourne, 2000.