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CLAS-B325

Paléographies grecque et latine

academic year
2023-2024
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Wouter BRACKE (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Content Introduction to Palaeography. General history of the Latin script (Late Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance). Notions of codicology and abbreviation systems.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Goal Study of the history of the Latin script from the 1st to the 16th c. The student will learn how to read and correctly transcribe book scripts of the periods under discussion.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and corequired courses

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching Method Short theoretical introduction-individual preparation of the examples to be found on the website of the Université virtuelle - transcription and commentary of the examples during class

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Biblio Bisschoff, B. Paléographie de l'antiquité romaine et du moyen âge occidental. Paris, Picard, 1985. Stiennon, J. Paléographie du Moyen Age. Paris, Armand Colin, 1973

Other information

Contacts

Wouter Bracke Bibliothèque royale de Belgique 02/519.57.43 wouter.bracke@kbr.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Assessment written and oral evaluation, the latter on the basis of the written exam (consisting in a transcription and commentary of two different scripts)

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