Course: Paleographic-Diplomatic Practice

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Course title Paleographic-Diplomatic Practice
Course code KAPV/KMA10
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Rak Petr, PaedDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Morphology of Neo-Gothic Italic. 2. The emergence of humanistic and Neo-Gothic script. 3. Neo-Gothic script of the 16th - 17th centuries in German texts. 4. Neo-Gothic script of the 17th - 18th centuries in German texts. 5. Printed German Neo-Gothic script.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is a) to review and consolidate knowledge about the development of Latin paleography; b) to acquire active knowledge of the Neo-Gothic cursive script and to confidently read Neo-Gothic cursive from 16th - 20th century paleographically demanding, cursorily and non-calligraphically written texts of a diplomatic nature; c) to apply basic diplomatic terminology to the texts being discussed and read.
Expanding knowledge about the development of the Latin script, knowledge of the duct of minuscule and majuscule letters of Neo-Gothic cursive and the resulting skill of reading it more reliably and safely.
Prerequisites
Orientation in auxiliary historical sciences, mastery of the basics of Latin, ability to translate and understand German texts of a diplomatic nature.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
149 / 5 000 Participation in classes, study of recommended literature, reading and transliteration of assigned paleographic texts, successful completion of the credit and exam test.
Recommended literature
  • Bohdaň Kaňák. Paleografické text I.-II.. Olomouc, 2002.
  • Hana Pátková, Ondřej Bastl. Texty k výuce diplomatiky. Praha, 2003.
  • Ivana Ebelová ? Zdeňka Hledíková - Jaroslav Kašpar. Paleografická čítanka. Praha, 2000.
  • Jaroslav Kašpar. Poznámky k metodice výuky čtení novověkých paleografických textů, AČ 26, 1976, s. 213-222..
  • Jaroslav Kašpar. Úvod do novověké latinské paleografie se zvláštním zřetelem k českým zemím. Praha, 1987.


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