The following listings include courses taking place at the University of London's Colleges and Institutes in the subjects areas of Manuscript Studies, Palaeography, Diplomatic, Codicology, Calligraphy, Book History and Book Trade.

Note: Queries about the following courses should be addressed to the respective teachers and/or offering institutions. 

Disclaimer: The following has been drawn up from material submitted to the compiler, and is not claimed to be comprehensive. Additions and corrections should be sent to cmps@sas.ac.uk.

Courses at the Centre and at the Institute

The Centre runs an annual London Palaeography Summer School which happens each year in June.

The Institute also runs the London Rare Book School (LRBS).

Medieval Manuscripts and Documents
History Department: taught as part of the MA in Medieval Studies (Manuscripts and Documents option course) by Professor David d'Avray and Dr Marigold Norbye

Palaeography
MA in English: Renaissance to Enlightenment (research methods course component) , taught by Helen Hackett

University College London, School of Library Archive and Information Studies (SLAIS)

English Medieval Archives 1100-1500
Taught as part of the MA/Diploma programme(s) at the SLAIS, UCL.

Manuscript Studies
Taught as part of the MA/Diploma programme(s) at the SLAIS, UCL.

Reading and Interpretation of Archives from 1500
Ttaught as part of the MA/Diploma programme(s) at the SLAIS, UCL.

Assignments in Greek Palaeography - exclusive to Federal MA in Classics, in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (UCL, KCL & RHUL)
Charalambos Dendrinos (RHUL)

Greek Palaeography - Federal MAs in Classics, in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, in Ancient History, in Classical Art and Archaeology (UCL, KCL & RHUL) Cornelia Roemer (Term 1), Annaclara Palau (Term 2)

Greek Papyrology - Federal MAs in Classics, in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, in Ancient History, in Classical Art and Archaeology (UCL, KCL & RHUL)
Cornelia Roemer

Latin Palaeography - Federal MA in Classics (option) (UCL, KCL, RHUL), KCL MAs in Medieval Studies (option), Medieval History (core)
Professor David Ganz

Medieval Latin Literature - Federal MA in Classics (UCL, KCL, RHUL), KCL MAs in Medieval History, Medieval Studies (KCL)
Carlotta Dionisotti

Latin Epigraphy - Federal MAs in Classics, in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, in Ancient History, in Classical Art and Archaeology (UCL, KCL & RHUL)
Dr Boris Rankov (RHUL), Dr B. Salway (UCL) and Dr H. Mouritsen (KCL)

King's College, London

Palaeography and Manuscript Studies (Department of Classics)
MA modules in palaeography for the degrees in Medieval Studies and Medieval History, as well as a module in Old and Middle English manuscript materials for MA students in English.

The Ancient and Early Medieval Book (option) BA English Language and Literature (or BA Classical Studies with English).

The Medieval Book (option) BA English, Classics and Comparative Literature.

Birkbeck College, University of London

Palaeography (introductory component) - Birkbeck MA in Medieval Studies taught by Pamela Robinson.

Birkbeck College, University of London, Faculty of Continuing Education

Palaeography for Beginners taught by Dr Debby Banham. The classes will be held in Senate House on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 to 8.30, starting on 6 October and running for 10 weeks. The course concentrates on England and covers the millennium from 700 to 1700 AD.

Intermediate Palaeography I & II (option: Spring & Summer) - Cert/Diploma in Medieval History, taught by Dr Debby Banham

Royal Holloway, University of London

Palaeography and Diplomatic - MA in Medieval Studies (0.5 option) taught by Dr Jenny Stratford.

Historical Methodology, Theory and Skills course component in Palaeography - MA in Renaissance Studies and Material Culture, MA in Material Culture, taught by Dr Jenny Stratford & Dr Ruth Harvey.

Courtauld Institute

Making of Art in the Middle Ages (MA special subject) - MA in the History of Art, taught by Professor John Lowden.

Warburg Institute, University of London

MA in Cultural and Intellectual History 1300-1650
includes the following classes, which are open to students not on the MA if places are available:

Latin Palaeography
These classes provide experience in reading and transcribing Latin documents written between 1300 and 1650.  Since the texts are also translated, they supplement the Latin Reading class.
Taught by Professor Charles Burnett at the Warburg Institute.

Italian Palaeography
These classes provide experience in reading and transcribing Italian documents of the fourteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries.
Taught by Professor Charles Hope at the Warburg Institute.

German Palaeography
The classes are intended for students with a fluent reading knowledge of German who wish to learn to read different hands and styles of handwriting from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
Taught by Dr Dorothea McEwan and Claudia Wedepohl at the Warburg Institute.

To apply to attend any of the above teaching at the Warburg Institute, please email: warburg@sas.ac.uk.