RFIS050 Book culture in the Middle Ages (5 cr)

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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

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

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Method 2

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Teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish, French

Teaching

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Exam (5 cr)

Type:
Exam
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish, French

Teaching