Course: PALAEOGRAPHIC AND DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE

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Course title PALAEOGRAPHIC AND DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE
Course code KHI/PDP
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
Fourteen three-hour lessons focused on reading and independent working with texts of varied diplomatic provenance, written in Neo-Gothic cursive hand of medium and higher level of difficulty, dating to the period between the 16th and 20th centuries. Students can also co-decide about the selection of texts discussed during the seminars. The level of difficulty gradually increases depending on the students? progress.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Developing palaeographic knowledge. Safe reading of Neo-Gothic cursive hand from between the 16th and 20th centuries from palaeographically demanding texts. The weight of the Neo-Gothic cursive hand and its significance for reliable reading of cursorily and non-caligraphically written texts.
The graduates acquire knowledge of the weight of both minuscule and majuscule Neo-Gothic letters and are able to reliably and safely read medium-difficult texts written in Neo-Gothic cursive hand.
Prerequisites
KHI/PLGI Palaeogaphy I KHI/PLGII Palaeogaphy II

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Students are required to be familiar with modern palaeography and have solid knowledge of the basics of German language. Graduation from the admission test: transcription of a medium-difficulty German text written in Neo-Gothic cursive hand and proving the knowledge of the development of Latin palaeography from its beginnings to the present.
Recommended literature
  • RAK, Petr. Paleografie I. a II. Elektronická studijní opora pro studenty se specifickými vzdělávacími potřebami . Ústí nad Labem, 2013.


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