Programme

Day 1

August 1st

Registration 9:00 - 9:15

9:15 - 9.45

Introduction

Introduction and agenda

What is palaeography? 

A history of palaeography: then and now

9:45 - 10:30

Part 1: The Late Roman period

Materials: papyrus and parchment

Capitals and minuscules

Uncial and half-uncial

Break 10:30 - 10:45

10:45 - 12:15

Part 2: The Early Medieval period

Codicology 101

Script varieties of the early Middle Ages

A look at Insular, Visigothic and Beneventan scripts

IIIF & Digitisation: the Durham Gospels

Lunch 12:15 - 13:15

13:15 - 14:45

Part 3: The script of the Carolingian world

The Carolingian Renaissance

The characteristics and evolution of the Caroline minuscule script

Late Caroline? Pre-Gothic? A transitional period

Break 14:45 - 15:00

15:00 - 16:00

Fragmentology and Annotations

Working with fragments and collections: Fragmentarium.ms and fragment collections at Keio University 

Digital annotations: Archetype & IIIF

Q&A 16:00 - 16:30

Day 2

August 2nd*

13:00 - 14:30

Part 1: Caroline & Gothic Textualis materials

Hands on: Caroline minuscule materials from Keio University Library

What is Gothic? Key characteristics

Gothic Textualis: Northern & Southern

Hands on: Textualis materials from Keio University Library

Break 14:30 - 14:45

14:45 - 16:00

Part 2: Gothic Cursiva & Hybrida and Humanistic materials

Gothica Cursiva, Hybrida & Semihybrida

Introduction to Humanistic script

Hands on: Cursiva/Hybrida and Humanistic materials from Keio University Library

Q&A 16:00 - 16:30

*We will be working with materials from Keio University Library on Day 2 of the workshop. Photography of the materials is allowed only for personal use in research.