Spring 2024 Latin GR6154 section 001

LATIN PALEOGRAPHY

Call Number 11430
Day & Time
Location
T 12:10pm-2:00pm
613 Hamilton Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructors Carmela V Franklin
Emily Runde
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description This course will survey the history of Latin manuscript books and Latin scripts from late Antiquity to the early years of printing (4th -15th century). Students will study the questions that have driven the field of paleography since its inception, and the canonical history of the main scripts used in Western Europe through the end of the Middle Ages. We will consider the manuscript book as a physical artifact, in a codicological approach; and we will look at the production of books in their social and political settings. Students will develop practical skills in reading and transcription, and will begin to recognize the features that allow localization and dating of manuscripts. We will use original materials from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library whenever possible.
Web Site Vergil
Department Classics
Enrollment 13 students (15 max) as of 11:06AM Thursday, December 5, 2024
Subject Latin
Number GR6154
Section 001
Division Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Note Will meet in RBML
Section key 20241LATN6154G001