Syllabus
Manuscript books in the Middle Ages and early modern era (Jindřich Marek)Introduction: The book as a communication medium and as an artefactMedieval manuscript book - origin, form and functionManuscript book culture of the European Middle AgesManuscript book culture in the Czech lands in the Middle Ages and early modern eraThe book trade in the early modern era (Lenka Veselá)The printed book in the early modern era (Petr Voit)LetterpressPaperIllustrationBook binding
Annotation
During the course, students will get acquainted with the development of book culture in the Middle Ages and early modern era (until 1800).
Continuously updated presentations are available in Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=7474
The course is also suitable for students at the Institute of Czech Studies, the Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication, the Institute of Czech History, the Institute of Art History and the Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archival Studies.