Anotace
This is a block course taught by Greti Dinkova-Bruun (PIMS Toronto) in November 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 and 15 (always Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays), always 8:00-11:00 (or at different times if the students signed up agree to it). Anyone interested in Medieval Latin Paleography is welcome!
COURSE OUTLINE
This two-week course is an intensive introduction to medieval handwriting in the Latin West from the late Roman period until the late Caroline minuscule of the 11th century. It is designed for those who wish to acquire the skills that will enable them to work with unpublished Latin manuscript materials from the medieval period. Students will be introduced to all the main medieval systems of abbreviation, along with the principles of transcription, through daily exercises in identifying, dating, and transcribing various scripts. The course meets three days per week (Monday-Wednesday-Friday), for 3 hour-long sessions.
ASSIGNMENTS 1. There will be daily exercises in transcription, which we will go over in class together. 2. There will also be 3 in-class quizzes on abbreviations and script identification.
SESSION I 1) Terminology, nomenclature, transcription principles 2) Introduction to Medieval Abbreviation 3) Roman Capital Scripts
SESSION II 1) Comments on transcriptions 2) Roman Cursive Scripts 3) Uncial and Half Uncial
SESSION III 1) Quiz 1 on Abbreviations 2) Comments on transcriptions 3) Insular Scripts
SESSION IV 1) Quiz 2 on Abbreviations 2) Comments on transcriptions 3) Merovingian Scripts
SESSION V 1) Quiz 3 on Abbreviations 2) Comments on transcriptions 3) Visigothic Script 4) Beneventan Script
SESSION VI 1) Comments on transcriptions 2) Caroline Minuscule
Basic Short Bibliography
General Works
Aris, Rutherford B. Explicatio formarum litterarum: The Unfolding of Letterforms from the First Century to the Fifteenth Century. (St. Paul, Minn., 1990)
Battelli, Giulio. Lezioni di paleografia (Città del Vaticano: Libreria editrice vaticana, 1999, 4th ed.)
Bischoff, Bernhard. Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages. (English translation). (Cambridge, 1990)
Boyle, Leonard E. Medieval Latin Palaeography: A Bibliographical Introduction (U. of Toronto Press, 1984)
Brown, Michelle P. A Guide to Western Historical Scripts. (Toronto, 1990)
Brown, Michelle P. A Guide to Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts. (J. Paul Getty Museum, 1994)
Clemens, Raymond and Graham, Timothy. Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2007)
Derolez, Albert. Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books, from the Twelfth to the Early Sixteenth Century (Cambridge 2003).
Glénisson, Jean, ed. Le livre au Moyen Âge (CNRS: Paris 1988)
Shailor, Barbara A. The Medieval Book: Illustrated from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Medieval Academy of America, Washington 1991; reprint: Toronto)
University Press (Medieval Academy reprints for teaching, 28), Toronto 1994. Ullman, B.I. Ancient Writing and Its Influence. , 2nd ed. (New York 1969, Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching 10, Toronto, 1980, 1989)
Facsimile Collections
Lowe, E.A. Codices latini antiquiores. A Palaeographical Guide to Latin Manuscripts Prior to the Ninth Century , 11 vols. and supplement vol. (Oxford, 1934-71) ("CLA")
The New Palaeographical Society. Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts: First Series (London 1903-30) Second Series (London, 1913-30) (covers 400 BC-1535 AD.)
Abbreviations
Cappelli, Adriano. Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane, 6th ed. (Milan, 1994) The Italian introduction to this manual has been translated: A. Capelli, Elements of Abbreviation in Medieval Latin, trans. D. Heimann and R. Kay, (Lawrence, KS 1982)
Lindsay, W.M. Notae latinae. An Account of Abbreviations in Latin Manuscripts of the Early Minuscule Period (c. 700-850) (Cambridge, 1915; reprint Hildesheim, 1965)
Pelzer, Auguste. Abreviations latines medievales: supplement au Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane de Adriano Cappelli (Bruxelles: Editions Nauwelaerts, 1982)
Traube, Ludwig. Nomina Sacra: Versuch einer Geschichte der christlichen Kürzung (Munich, 1907).