Postgraduate Course: Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries (PGHC11125)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | An introduction to the palaeography of documents produced in Scotland in the period 1100-1500. The course covers a variety of document forms in Latin and Scots: charters, indentures, letters, official and financial records and extracts from literary works. |
| Course description |
An introduction to the palaeography of documents produced in Scotland in the period 1100-1500. The course covers a variety of document forms in Latin and Scots: charters, indentures, letters, official and financial records and extracts from literary works.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Transcription and translation of a portfolio of documents taken on a pass/fail basis (formative assessment only).
One source analysis of 3,000 words subjecting a single document or extract to intensive investigation in terms of production, form and content (100% of the course mark)
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate in a source analysis and transcription and translation exercises a detailed and critical command of the body of knowledge concerning late medieval Scottish palaeography
- Demonstrate in source analysis and transcription and translation exercises an ability to analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship concerning late medieval Scottish palaeography, and engage critically with the appropriate primary source materials
- Demonstrate in source analysis and transcription and translation exercises, an ability to understand and apply specialised research or professional skills, techniques and practices considered in the course
- Demonstrate in source analysis and transcription and translation exercises an ability to read late medieval scripts, accurately expand suspensions and contractions, and comment on the context for document production and use
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Reading List
Grant G Simpson Scottish Handwriting 1150-1650 (1973)
L. C. Hector The Handwriting of English Documents (2nd ed., 1966)
N. Denholm-Young Handwriting in England and Wales (1954)
G.E. Dawson & L. Kennedy-Skipton Elizabethan Handwriting 1500-1650 (1968)
B. Bischoff Latin Palaeography (1990) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | scottish palaeography |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Boardman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4035
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: |
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