Course: Codicology

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Course title Codicology
Course code KAPV/PMH41
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Fejtová Olga, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the study of codicology 2. Definition of the field and its history 3. History of manuscript libraries 4. Cataloguing rules for the description of manuscript material 5. Manuscript Bohemianism abroad; manuscript - origin, description, application 6. Manuscripts - illumination and binding 7. Gutenberg - the beginnings of printing and book trade in Europe 8. The first printing period in Bohemia and Moravia 9. Printing and book trade in Bohemia 1500-1620 10. European printing and book trade in the 16th and 17th centuries 11. Printing and book trade in Bohemia and Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries 12. Burgher libraries of the early modern period 13. Printed book - its form and description - (cataloguing rules for old prints) 14. Excursion to a library with historical book collections, practical training in cataloguing work with manuscripts and old prints

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
During the course, students will learn the basics of the history of manuscript and printed books. In connection with this topic, attention is paid to the history of libraries in the Czech lands and in Central and Western Europe in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. The basic terminology and basics of describing manuscripts and old prints are also introduced. Students will also learn about the practice of operating professional institutions that manage historical book collections.
The graduate should understand the description of manuscripts and old prints and be familiar with various types of cataloging records and master the currently valid national and international standards for cataloging manuscripts and old prints. The student should be familiar with the history of book culture in the "Latin" cultural area of Europe, in close connection with the history of culture and communication, and should also have an overview of the most important historical book collections in institutions in the Czech Republic and the basic literature in the field.
Prerequisites
1. Diplomacy, Epigraphy, Paleography I 2. German language

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Verification of study results will take place in the form of a written test. The basic conditions for completing the course will be, first of all, active participation in seminars combined with the presentation of a paper on a selected topic of the history of book culture and at the same time a final written test based on the thematic areas taught. A prerequisite for completing the 3rd course will also be the preparation of a review of a selected title of current professional literature (domestic or foreign) from the field of the history of book culture, or from a wider range of new cultural history with the topic of the history of books, education, etc.
Recommended literature
  • Ivan Hlaváček. Úvod do latinské kodikologie. Praha, 1994.
  • Jiří Cejpek, Ivan Hlaváček, Pravoslav Kneidl. Dějiny knihoven a knihovnictví v českých zemích. Praha, 1996.
  • Michal Dragoun. Středověké rukopisy v českých zemích. Handbušek kodikologa. Praha, 2018.
  • Petr Voit. Český knihtisk mezi pozdní gotikou a renesancí. II, Tiskaři pro víru i tiskaři pro obrození národa 1498-1547. Praha, 2017.
  • Petr Voit. Českých knihtisk mezi pozdní gotikou a renesancí. I. Severinsko-kosořská dynastie 1488-1557. Praha, 2013.


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