Course: Paleographic-Diplomatic Practice

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Course title Paleographic-Diplomatic Practice
Course code KAPV/PMA10
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
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. Roman script until the middle of the first millennium AD. 2. National scripts 3. Carolingian minuscule. 4. Gothic script 5. Bastarda 6. The emergence of humanistic script. 7. Neo-Gothic script - emergence, prerequisites for further development, territorial expansion. 8. Neo-Gothic script - types and terminology. 9. Overview of the development of the study of modern Latin script. 10. Neo-Gothic script in Bohemia. 11. Morphology of Neo-Gothic cursive. 12. Neo-Gothic script of the 16th - 17th centuries in German texts. 13. Neo-Gothic script of the 17th - 18th centuries in German texts. 14. 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 structure of lowercase and uppercase letters of individual font types and the resulting skill of reading them 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
Recommended literature
  • Bohdaň Kaňák. Paleografické texty 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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