University of Galway

Course Module Information

Course Modules

Semester 1 and Semester 2 | Credits: 10

This module introduces students to the scripts and manuscripts written from the first to the fifteenth centuries. Students will self-direct their own study through engagement with curated online materials, and also attend a team-taught workshop series on the topic of book history or on individual manuscripts.
(Language of instruction: English)

Learning Outcomes
  1. describe how manuscripts were produced in antiquity and the 'middle ages' (to c. 1500)
  2. recognise key stages in the development of Latin scripts
  3. transcribe examples of important Latin & some vernacular scripts
  4. demonstrate competency in using digitial repositories of manuscripts
  5. select and analyse appropriate scholarly resources in the study of particular manuscripts or hands
Assessments
  • Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
Reading List
  1. "Introduction to Manuscript Studies" by R Clemens & T Graham
    ISBN: 97808014386.
    Publisher: Cornell Univ Press
  2. "Explicatio Formarum Litterarum: The Unfolding of Letterforms_" by Aris, Rutherford
    Publisher: Calligraphy Connection
  3. "Latin paleography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages" by Bischoff, Bernard (trans D. Ó Cróinín & D. Ganz)
The above information outlines module MV6111: "Palaeography " and is valid from 2023 onwards.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.