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 fouth 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.