Seminar series on latin palaeography

• Grant number: 11/20078-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 07, 2012
• End date: May 25, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: José Carlos Estêvão
• Grantee: José Carlos Estêvão
• Visiting researcher: Greti Dinkova-Bruun
• Visiting researcher institution: University of Toronto (U of T), Canada
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This three-week seminar series is an intensive introduction to medieval hand writing in the Latin West from the late Roman period until the dawn of print. It is designed for those who wish to acquire the skills that will enable them to work with unpublished Latin manuscript materials from the medieval period. Students will be introduced to the main medieval systems of abbreviation, along with the principles of transcription, through daily exercises in identifying, dating, and transcribing various scripts. Scribal practices and the basics of medieval manuscript production will also be considered as the context within which palaeographical developments occurred. Reading knowledge of Latin is essential and will be assumed. The series will incorporate 9 seminars, with 3 seminars offered each week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The seminars will be 4 hours long with 20 minutes break included. (AU)