Palaeography Online
As we can't welcome you to Senate House this summer, we have put together some exciting online content and useful resources that you can get involved with from home! Take a look at the Palaeography Online page now, for new blog posts, lecture recordings, a Museum of Writing quiz and a transcription challenge!
8-12 June 2020
The London International Palaeography Summer School is a series of intensive courses in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies. Courses range from a half to two days duration and are given by experts in their respective fields from a wide range of institutions. Subject areas include Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, Early Modern English, German and Greek palaeography, illuminated manuscripts, codicology, manuscript editing and liturgical and devotional manuscripts.
For some suggestions of which courses to pick, we have devised some thematic strands to guide you, which can be found here - or feel free to mix-and-match the courses that most interest you!
Course Overview 2020
Monday 8 June
- Introduction to Latin Palaeography (Dr Marigold Norbye) *COURSE FULL* Waiting list only
- Introduction to Palaeography of Early Medieval England (Dr Debby Banham)
- Introduction to Arabic Scientific Manuscripts (Dr Bink Hallum)
- Italian Palaeography I: The Book in Italy (400 A.D. - 1400 A.D.) (Dr Matilde Malaspina)
- Reading and Editing Renaissance English Manuscripts (Dr Chris Stamatakis)
- Introduction to Codicology (Dr James Freeman) *COURSE ALMOST FULL* Limited places left
Tuesday 9 June
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Italian Palaeography II: The Development of Informal Cursive Hands (Dr Laura Nuvoloni)
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Introduction to English Palaeography 1500-1900 (Mr Christopher Whittick) *COURSE FULL* Waiting list only
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Introduction to Cataloguing Medieval Manuscripts (Dr James Freeman) *COURSE ALMOST FULL* Limited places left
Wednesday 10 June
- Editing from Manuscripts (Dr Daniel Hadas) (half-day am)
- Transcribing and Editing Manuscripts: Palaeography after 1700 (Dr Wim Van Mierlo) (half-day pm)
- Women Patrons, Scribes, and Makers of Medieval Mannuscripts. MSS (Professor Clare Lees) *COURSE ALMOST FULL* Limited places left
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German Palaeography (Dr Dorothea McEwan and Dr Claudia Wedepohl)
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English Palaeography: Records of Criminal Justice 1650-1800 (Mr Christopher Whittick)
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Codicology and Cataloguing: A Hands-on Workshop (Dr James Freeman and Mr Peter Kidd) *COURSE ALMOST FULL* Limited places left
Thursday 11 June
Friday 12 June
- Introduction to Greek Palaeography II (Dr Laura Franco)
- Bilingual Manuscripts in England, c.950-1200 (Dr Francisco J. Alvarez)
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Cognitive Elements of Medieval Manuscript Layouts (Dr Anna Somfai)
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The Development of Penflourishing (Dr Cynthia Johnston and Dr Lynda Dennison)
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Early Modern English Palaeography 1500-1700 (Dr Nigel Ramsay) *COURSE AND WAITING LIST FULL*
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Illumination Masterclass (Ms Patricia Lovett) *COURSE AND WAITING LIST FULL*
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Liturgical and Devotional Manuscripts II (Dr Jenny Stratford and Dr Rowan Watson)
View further details about the summer school palaeography teachers' affiliations and research interests.
A display of medieval writing materials, which includes the possibility of practical use of certain medieval items, will be exhibited during the lunchbreak on Thursday 11 June 2020, and is open to all participants of the Summer School.
Please bring a pencil: pens are not allowed when valuable manuscripts and facsimiles are in use.
