FF:PV1B136 German Terminology of AHS I - Course Information

PV1B136 German Terminology of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archival Science I

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Olga Barová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 16:00–17:40 B2.11, except Mon 13. 11.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 14 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 10/14, only registered: 0/14

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce students to professional terminology in the fields of auxiliary historical sciences and archivial science in German. The course deals specifically with the most important auxiliary sciences: paleography (including codicology and filigranology), historical chronology and diplomatics.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students will be able to:
- be familiar with the professional vocabulary of individual auxiliary historical sciences in German and able to actively use it;
- read a specialized text from the relevant auxiliary historical science (at the level of university textbooks, standard manuals and even scholarly studies);
- compose a shorter professional text in German (at the level of a summary or an academic paper).

Syllabus

• 1. Overview of auxiliary historical sciences: the subjects of study, differences in the German and Czech language environments.
• 2. Paleography: a definition of the field and its development with an emphasis on German-speaking countries; terminology of script types and describing scripts in German.
• 3. Paleography: reading German texts on the history of writing in antiquity, and the Early and High Middle Ages; examples and practice of describing the period script in German.
• 4. Paleography: reading German texts on the history of writing in the Gothic period; examples and practice of describing the period script in German.
• 5. Paleography: reading German texts on the history of writing in the Modern age; examples and practice of describing the period script in German.
• 6. Codicology: definition of the field and its development with an emphasis on German-speaking countries, terminology of external and internal features of a codex. 7. Codicology: Examples and practice of manuscript description in German; reading German texts on the history of medieval book culture.
• 8. Filigranology: definition of the field; reading texts on the history of paper; filigree terminology; demonstrations and practice of describing filigree in German.
• 9. Historical chronology: definition of the field; German terminology of the medieval calendar; demonstrations and practice of period dating and its analysis in German.
• 10. Diplomatics: definition of the field and its development with an emphasis on German-speaking countries; terminology of external and internal features of official charters in German.
• 11. Diplomatics: reading German texts on medieval papal and royal diplomatic materials; examples and practice of describing medieval papal documents.
• 12. Diplomatics: reading German texts on medieval private diplomatic materials; examples and practice of describing medieval private literature.

Literature

• Christian ROHR, Historische Hilfswissenschaften. Eine Einführung, Wien – Köln – Weimar 2015.
• Die archivalischen Quellen : mit einer Einführung in die Historischen Hilfswissenschaften. Edited by Friedrich Beck - Eckart Henning. 4. durchgesehene Aufl. Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2004, xii, 404. ISBN 3825282732. info
• Bernhard BISCHOFF, Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalters, Berlin 2009 (4. Auflage).
• Juraj ŠEDIVÝ, Hana PÁTKOVÁ (Hg.), Vocabularium parvum scripturae latinae, Bratislava u.a. 2008.
• Mathias KLUGE (Hg.), Handschriften des Mittelalters: Grundwissen Kodikologie und Paläographie, Ostfildern 2014.
• Ochsenkopf und Meerjungfrau : Papiergeschichte und Wasserzeichen vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit : Begleitbuch und Katalog zur Ausstellung des Landesarchivs Baden-Württemberg, Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart und der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenscha. Edited by Peter Rückert - Sandra Hodeček - Georg Josef Dietz - Emanuel Wenger. Dritte, nochmals erweiterte. Sttutgart: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, 2009, 127 stran. ISBN 9783000267529. info
• Hermann GROTEFEND, Zeitrechnung des Deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit 1–2, Hannover 1891–1898 (viz informace vyučujícího)
• Thomas VOGTHERR, Urkundenlehre. Basiswissen, Hannover 2008.
• FRENZ, Thomas. Papsturkunden des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH, 1986, 114 stran. ISBN 3515046062. info

Teaching methods

Vocabulary self-study, reading selected textbooks and handbook texts at home, preparation of answers to questions on these texts.
- Group reading of specialized texts during the seminar, basic discussions on them in German.
- Group practice of describing scripts, manuscripts, filigrees, charters or other diplomatic relics, analysing historical dating in German.

Assessment methods

The conditions for awarding credit for the course are active participation in seminars, homework (reading texts, answering questions, writing short excerpts from specialized texts) and a test of knowledge of professional terminology and the ability to work with a specialized text.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

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