Annotation
The goal of the seminar, along with the seminar "Working with Medieval Manuscripts II," which directly follows it, is to provide an example of selected Medieval Latin literary or paraliterary works that have not been published yet. The seminar aims to teach fundamental methodological approaches to working with medieval manuscripts, starting with their discovery in manuscript collections and culminating in the preparation of an exemplary critical edition of selected parts of the work. The texts studied will change from year to year.
In the first stage, using manuscript repertoires, catalogs, and other medievalist reference materials, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the studied work and locate its medieval copies. The next stage will focus on acquiring basic codicological and paleographical knowledge, involving a codicological analysis of individual manuscripts and careful transcription of selected passages from the studied work. In the final working stage, which aims to familiarize students with editorial techniques, the goal will be to collaboratively create an exemplary critical edition from the previously transcribed passages.
The course includes a visit to the manuscript collection of the National Library of the Czech Republic, as well as other manuscript libraries in Prague and beyond.
Předmět může být vyučován v angličtině, a to v závislosti na rozhodnutí garanta.
