Course: Manuscripts and prited books in our history

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Course title Manuscripts and prited books in our history
Course code KHI/V033
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sulitková Ludmila, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
The development of codicological studies in Europe and in our country, the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts and the work of the Commission for inventory and study of manuscripts in the past and present, making library inventories and catalogs in the past and present, history of our oldest library units, costs of acquiring books in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, book illuminations as an accompaniment of the text and one of the elements for the dating of ancient manuscripts, presentantion of the oldest manuscripts of different types (theological, hagiografic, homiletic, liturgical, educational, entertainment, chivalric novel ad.) and of domestic and foreign origin in our libraries, the history of printing in our territory, most important printers, production of the printers belonging to the Unity of Brethren and their social significance.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes

Orientation in the overall development of written culture and education in the Czech Medieval and Early Modern State.
Prerequisites
Preferably completing of the previous course PVH (= AHS Auxiliary Historical Sciences)

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Indepenent orientation in the recommended texts and accompanying literature as a basis for preparing a separate seminar work and its presentation.
Recommended literature
  • Ivan HLAVÁČEK. Knihy a knihovny v českém středověku. Praha, 2005.
  • Ivan Hlaváček. Středověké soupisy knih a knihoven v českých zemích. Praha, 1966.
  • Ivan Hlaváček. Úvod do latinské kodikologie. Praha, 1994.
  • Mirjam BOHATCOVÁ, Ivan HLAVÁČEK, Pravoslav KNEIDL, Josef KRÁSA, Bohumil NUSKA. Česká kniha v proměnách staletí.. Praha, 1990.
  • Petr VOIT. Encyklopedie knihy I- II. Starší knihtisk mezi polovinou 15. a počátkem 19. století. Praha, 2008.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Documentation of Historical Memorials (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural History (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (Single Subject) (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -