Summer School 2004

Summer School in Manuscript Studies 2004

PALAEOGRAPHY SUMMER SCHOOL
14 - 18 June 2004

Monday 14 June 2004

Introduction to Palaeography
(David Ganz, Dorothea McEwan, Patricia Lovett, Michael Clanchy) General introduction to the subject; Manuscripts in genealogy; Making and using manuscripts; Introduction to the University of London Library palaeography room and collections; Medieval literacy

Tuesday 15 June

German Palaeography, 17th-20th Centuries
(Dorothea McEwan and Claudia Wedepohl) This class will work through a number of samples of German script through the given period. A good knowledge of German is therefore essential.

Medieval Musical Notations
(Nicolas Bell) This course will provide an overview of the main types of musical notation used in the Middle Ages. Students will be able to distinguish between notations of different times and places and to transcribe some of them. Familiarity with modern musical notation will be required.

QUILLS, PARCHMENT AND SCRIPTS
(Patricia Lovett) This class will examine the way in which manuscripts were produced. The main scripts will be considered in their historical order, which will also give an overview of the changing letter-forms. Participants will have an opportunity to cut a quill, and then learn how to write an historical script.

Wednesday 16 June

Pictorial Narrative in Medieval Manuscripts
(Alixe Bovey) Relationships between the spoken word, the written word and narrative images; the creation of pictorial narratives; the role of the artist and the role of the author; narrative and devotional images.

Records of Cloister and Church
(Nigel Ramsay) This will be an attempt to understand some of the documents of the period that relate to the church in its various manifestations; looking at them in a historical context and examining significant current projects under way. A knowledge of Latin will be useful.

Codicology
(Pamela Robinson)
The development, construction and function of the medieval manuscript book

Thursday 17

Evaluating Electronic Resources for Manuscript Studies ½ day: Morning and/or afternoon:
Areas to be covered include: CDrom and online manuscript facsimiles, online MS catalogues, databases of use to palaeographers, online palaeography tutorials. The emphasis will be on evaluating the material so that students can decide what will be useful for their own work.

Wills, Testaments and Probate inventories, 1500-1858 ½ day: Morning (Elizabeth Danbury)
A practical introduction to the transcription, understanding and interpretation of wills dating between 1500 and 1800. It will encourage readers to practise and develop their skills in English vernacular palaeography, so that they may be more confident about using probate records in their research. Latin is not required.

*Medicine in Manuscripts ½ day: Afternoon (Debby Banham)

Friday 18

Carolingian Manuscripts, ANNALS AND THE TOURS SCRIPTORIA
(David Ganz) This course will survey the development and the spread of Carolingian minuscule, give an introduction to Carolingian scriptoria and will allow students to examine facsimiles of Carolingian luxury manuscripts.

MIDDLE ENGLISH MANUCSCRIPTS
(Jane Roberts) This course will survey the variety of scripts used in the recording of English literature from c. 1150 up to the end of the medieval period, centuries during which many changes happened. Some of the more important of these changes will be discussed. There will be opportunities to practice reading and to examine facsimiles from the University of London's collections.

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