LATIN 7222

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LATIN 7222
Latin Paleography

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

This course is an introduction to and survey of Latin scripts from Roman antiquity through the early Renaissance, with an emphasis on the identification, localization, and reading of scripts. Class meetings will combine practical study of Latin scripts through medieval manuscripts in the Kroch library, facsimiles, and online digital reproductions with instruction in the cultural-historical background to manuscript production, library practices, and bibliographical resources. Students will also be introduced to basic techniques for codicological description and the principles of textual criticism.

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 6102

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17111 LATIN 7222   SEM 101

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