Kathy Beckett Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Palaeography -How Cool is This? Palaeography is the study and the interpretation of ancient writings. Involved in this process is transcription of manuscript texts. I was delighted to know that there are free video courses offered for this study. Here is one video from the course offered by Stanford University : Their course, "Digging Deeper", is offered in two parts, and includes a section called "Practical Palaeography" in which you practice transcription, and submit your work.(You can sign up for this class and receive a Certificate upon completion.)Certainly, this is a surface study, but it allows you to become acquainted with it.************************Additionally, there are several other sites which add to the study:From the School of Advanced Study, University of London. The first module is free; the second on Script costs £25. Future modules are promised on Diplomatic, Codicology and Illumination. http://www.history.ac.uk/research-training/courses/online-palaeography Album of PalaeographyA free set of transcription exercises covering a variety of scripts developed by Marjorie Burghart (University of Lyon 2) et al. (In French and English.)http://ciham.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/paleographie/index.php?l=enInteractive English Handwriting, 1500-1700A free course from the University of Cambridge focusing specifically on later medieval and early modern scripts. http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/ Palaeography: Reading old handwriting 1500-1800A free tutorial from The National Archives (UK), focusing on later scripts. Accompanied by a Beginners’ Latin tutorial http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/default.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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