PV1A311a Lecture on Latin Script in the Middle Ages I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Führer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lukáš Führer, 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( PV1A311 Latin Script and Book Cult.I )||NOW( AR1A311 Latin Script and Book Cult.I )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course Reading Latin Script of the Middle Ages I follows on from the course Latin Script and Book Culture in the Middle Ages I (800–1200) and prepares students for reading and interpreting texts written in Latin script in the period from the 9th to the 12th century (Carolingian and diplomatic minuscule). Students are therefore recommended to enrol on the course Latin Script and Book Culture in the Middle Ages I (800-1200) at the same time. Students will improve their ability to read Carolingian and diplomatic minuscule using extracts related to sources that were studied in the seminar part of the course Latin Script and Book Culture in the Middle Ages I (800-1200).
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- apply their knowledge of the development of script from the 9th to the 12th century to specific sources, particularly for dating undated texts and determining their possible provenance;
- transcribe and prepare selected original texts from the period 800-1200 for a critical edition;
- read and analyse original Latin texts (books and charters) from the period 800-1200.
Syllabus
  • - Origin of Carolingian minuscule, the Schola Palatina at the end of the 8th century.
  • - Bavarian scribal schools; archaic Carolingian minuscule in the 9th century.
  • - Diplomatic minuscule 9th - 10th century; book script in the 10th century.
  • - High Carolingian minuscule of the 11th century, Otloh’s Central European style and Bavarian scribal / painting schools.
  • - Diplomatic minuscule of the 11th century.
  • - The oldest scribal schools in the Czech lands.
  • - The origins of Czech diplomatic material.
  • - Late Carolingian minuscule in the first half of the 12th century.
  • The origins of diplomatic minuscule in Bohemia and Moravia.
  • - The Gothicisation of Carolingian minuscule in the second half of the 12th century, Romano-Gothic, early Gothic minuscule at the turn of the 13th century, and Cistercian scriptoria.
  • - Gothicisation of charter script in the Czech lands, Gothic diplomatic minuscule.
Literature
  • PÁTKOVÁ, Hana. Česká středověká paleografie. Vydání první. České Budějovice: Veduta, 2008, 278 stran. ISBN 9788086829388. info
  • BISCHOFF, Bernhard: Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalters. Berlin 2009.
  • BISCHOFF, Bernhard. Latin palaeography : antiquity and the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, xi, 291. ISBN 0521364736. info
Teaching methods
The seminar is based on the active participation of students and follows on from the course Latin Script and Book Culture in the Middle Ages I, with continued reading of source material.
Assessment methods
To obtain credit for the course, students are required submit a transcription of a Latin text of approximately one folio.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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