RFIS050 Book culture in the Middle Ages (5 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish, French
Responsible organisation:
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Description
Content
Lecture course:
lectures, exercises, demonstrations at the library, written exam
Book exam:
study of set books (palaeography, codicology, text history)
Completion methods
Lecture course or
book exam
Learning outcomes
The course provides the student with the following:
- history of the Latin script in cultural context from the Antiquity until the Early Modern Age
- reading skills in Carolingian minuscule and the Gothic script
- basic knowledge of book historical methodology
- solid grasp of the main features of Western Medieval book production
- history of the Latin script in cultural context from the Antiquity until the Early Modern Age
- reading skills in Carolingian minuscule and the Gothic script
- basic knowledge of book historical methodology
- solid grasp of the main features of Western Medieval book production
Description of prerequisites
History of France RFIA049
Study materials
Lecture course: slides, hand-outs
Literature
- Kodikologia/codicology: GÉHIN (ed.), Lire le manuscrit médiéval
- Paleografia/palaeography: STIENNON, Paléographie latine du moyen âge OR
- Paleografia/palaeography: BISCHOFF, Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalters, 4. laitos/4th ed. (English (2nd ed.): Latin palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages)
- Kodikologia/codicology: LEMAIRE, Introduction à la codicologie OR
- Tekstihistoria/text history: REYNOLDS - WILSON, Scribes and Scholars (3. laitos/3rd ed.)
Completion methods
Method 1
Select all marked parts
Method 2
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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