HV_11a Paleography

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. MgA. Zuzana Badárová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Śniežek (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 N41, except Mon 20. 4. to Fri 24. 4.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Abstract
At the end of the course students should be able to: transcribe texts in czech, german and latin from early modern times (transliteration as well as trancription) and to understand these texts. Students should understand basic terms of auxiliary historical sciences (watermark, blason, seal) and terms of historical research.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to transcribe texts in czech, german and latin from early modern times (transliteration as well as trancription).
Key topics
  • 1) Basic problems, compulsory and recommended literature.
  • 2) Problems of music historiography and its thematic fields.
  • 3) Auxiliary sciences of history: epigraphy, sigillography, heraldry, genealogy.
  • 4) Auxiliary sciences of history: diplomatics, philigranology, codicology, theory of books.
  • 5) - 8) Auxiliary sciences of history: paleography I-IV
  • 9) Source studies: institutions (general archives)
  • 10) Source studies: institutions (special archives)
  • 11) - 12) heuristic workshop (excursion)
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Hana Pátková, Česká středověká paleografie, Praha 2008
  • Ondřej Bastl – Hana Pátková, Texty k výuce diplomatiky. Praha 2003
  • VOIT, Petr. Encyklopedie knihy : starší knihtisk a příbuzné obory mezi polovinou 15. a počátkem 19. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2006, 1350 s. ISBN 8072773127. info
  • HLAVÁČEK, Ivan; Rostislav NOVÝ and Jaroslav KAŠPAR. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. 3. opravené a doplněné vy. Jinočany: H & H, 2002, 544 stran. ISBN 8073190044. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lectures, class discussions and project on selected manuscripts and prints.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Final project (transcription of selected texts) Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/24-25/course/view.php?id=745
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2027.
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