Latin Palaeography [ LGLOR2171 ]

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This course is directed at students who have followed the courses of Latin (texts and/or language) at Bachelor level. It is useful to follow a course at Masters level in Latin (text and/or language).

An initiation into the reading of Latin manuscripts.

The course deals with the following themes:
1. General notions of the conditions of the production of written documents;
2. Study of the evolution of  Latin literary writing methods from the first century BC to twelfth century;
3. Introduction to the decoration and illustration of manuscripts;
4. Deciphering of some examples.

At the end of this course, the student will be capable to situate a written text within the history of Latin writing prior to the twelfth century. He will be able to decipher, or find the necessary assistance for reading a Latin text in a manuscript on parchment.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

A written exam (2 hours). It will cover the general principles, the writings and the decorations accompanying them, as well as deciphering of extracts from texts.

Part of the course consists of lectures (theoretical explanations). The remainder consists of practical exercises in reading.

After a general introduction, the following sessions will each be given over to a different writing style, which will be introduced via various examples suitable for exercises in transcription.

A syllabus which includes a bibliography, examples of the various writings, lists of abbreviations and copies of manuscript pages.

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