| CODE | LIA5043 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Manuscripts and Early Modern Books Cataloguing | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Library 福利在线免费 and Archive Sciences | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit provides an introduction to the history Western medieval, Renaissance manuscripts, and early-printed books. It focuses on cataloguing standards, rules, and methodologies and provides an overview of the development of the physical features, illuminations, page layout, and the concepts of origin and provenance. The study-unit also includes practical sessions. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to familiarise students with the history, standards, methodologies, internal and external features of Western medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and early-printed material. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Comprehend and identify the different nature, typologies and features of medieval and early modern manuscripts and books; - Analyse and apply cataloguing standards in a traditional and digital environment; - Investigate the provenance and processes of formation of different typologies of manuscripts and analyse patrons and context of production; - Connect and contextualise manuscripts and early modern books in a wide cultural system. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Address the basic cataloguing challenges; - Deal with different descriptive processes; - Provide basic access and research tools. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Alexander, J.G. (1994). Medieval Illuminators and their methods of work. New Haven: Yale University press. - B眉hler, C. (1960). The Fifteenth-Century Book. The Scribes, the Printers, the Decorators. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. - Febvre, L. & Martin, HJ. (1999). The Coming of the Book. London: Verso. - Gaskell, P. (1995). A new introduction to Bibliography. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press. - Pass, G. (2003). Descriptive Cataloging of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Manuscripts. Retrieved from: http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/publications/booksanddigitalresources/digital/AMREMM_full.pdf. - Clemens, R. & Graham T. (2008). Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Ithaca: New York University Press. - Bland, M. (2010). Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts. U.K.: Chichester; - Rold, O. & Maniaci M. (2015). Medieval Manuscript Studies: a European Perspective. In Conti A., Da Rold, O., Shaw, P (Eds.), Writing Europe, 500-1450. Texts and Contexts. Woodbridge, Brewer, 1-24. - Levy, M. & Mole T. (2017). The Broadview Introduction to Book History. Peterborough, ONT: Broadview Press. - Werner, S. (2019). Studying Early Printed Books, 1450-1800: A Practical Guide. West Sussex, UK: Wiley. - Rold, O. & Treharne, E. (2020). Introduction: The Matter of Manuscripts and Methodologies. In O. Da Rold & E. Treharne (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-10. doi:10.1017/9781316182659.001 Supplementary Readings: - 鈥楥odicology鈥�, The Encyclopaedia of Medieval British Literature, ed. Sian Echard and Robert Rouse (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017), pp. 531-38 - Maniaci, M. (2016). The Mediaeval Codex as a complex Container: the Greek and Latin Tradition, in M. Friedrich 鈥� C. Schwarke (Hrsg.), One-Volume-Libraries 鈥� Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts, Berlin, de Gruyter (Studies in Manuscript Cultures, 9), 27-46. - Pearson, D., & University of Oxford. (2019). Provenance research in book history: A handbook. Oxford: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Digital Sources: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/glossary.asp https://medievalstudies.uconn.edu/resources/electronic-resources/manuscript-studies/# http://www.palaeographia.org/vocabulaire/pages/vocab2.htm https://www.ndl.go.jp/incunabula/e/index.html https://paper.lib.uiowa.edu/index.php https://hmmlschool.org/latin/ https://hmmlschool.org/lexicon/ https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practical | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Daniel Gullo Valeria Vanesio |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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