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Lecturer(s)
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Velička Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Conditions of reception of the written word in the late Middle Ages (meaning and function of the written word) 2. Character of writing at the end of the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the early modern period 3. Creation of new writing forms (Neo-Gothic and humanist writing) 4. Late medieval bastard of official documents 5. Late medieval bastard of manuscripts 6. Penetration of humanist writings into Bohemia and Moravia, Arabic numerals, early humanist capitals 7. Writing of incunabula 8. Historical inscriptions and their writing in the late Middle Ages 9. Changes in reception of the written word on the threshold of the early modern period 10. Writing of documents and letters of the 16th century I. 11. Writing of documents and letters of the 16th century II. 12. Printed writings of the 16th century 13. Writing of literary manuscripts 14. Historical inscriptions and their writing in the 16th century
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to provide in-depth knowledge of the practical paleography of the older period. This was a time of significant changes in the scripts used (especially the penetration of humanistic scripts), which, however, only gradually found their way into Czech and Moravian sources. The basic content of the course will be the instructed reading of selected texts and the related interpretation of paleographic, linguistic and content phenomena. The selection will cover a wide range of different texts, both in terms of content, form and function. In individual seminars, students will encounter common types of texts, such as documents, open sheets or accounting material, but also manuscript sources of a literary nature and, last but not least, inscriptional (epigraphic) monuments.
The student has in-depth knowledge of the field of paleography of the 14th-16th centuries, including cultural-historical overlaps regarding the spread and application of the written word in this form. The student is able to correctly read and interpret a wide range of selected sources from the late Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period. He/she is also able to work with printed texts and is able to classify and interpret the script of epigraphic monuments.
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Prerequisites
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Familiarity with the basics of paleography of older scripts.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
The final test verifies practical paleographic knowledge.
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Recommended literature
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Hana Pátková. Česká středověká paleografie. České Budějovice, 2008.
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Jaroslav Kašpar. Soubor statí o novověkém písmu. Praha, 1993.
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Juraj Šedivý. Historické nápisy a ich nosiče. Bratislava, 2018.
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Michal Dragoun. Středověké rukopisy v českých zemích. Handbušek kodikologa. Praha, 2018.
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