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(in Polish) Manuscript in the centre: making, reading, collecting, analyzing, and editing

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Course ID:	1500-SDN-MITC
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Manuscript in the centre: making, reading, collecting, analyzing, and editing
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Modern Languages
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	This course is an introduction to manuscript studies. It offers an overview of the basic aspects of manuscript production, copying, and use based on examples from different cultures and times. It is intended to introduce students to basic skills and tools required for reading and examining the source texts in their natural manuscript context and the light of selected editions.
Full description:	This course is an introduction to manuscript studies. It offers an overview of the basic aspects of manuscript production, copying, and use based on examples from different cultures and times. During the course, students will learn about different writing supports (e.g. paper, stone, palm leaves, papyrus, parchment, birch bark, metal plates, wax tablets, wooden slips, silk, cloth) in the context of their usage, manufacture, physical characteristics, preservation, geographical location, and history. They will also learn about the appropriate use of various papers and other materials and forms to mediate the second level of meaning transcending the ‘meaning’ of a given text through the choice of material. This course is also intended to introduce students to basic skills and tools required for reading and examining the source texts in their natural manuscript context and the light of selected editions. Students will be introduced to the foundational concepts underlying critical analysis of texts, transcribing and editing manuscript witnesses, and fragmented manuscript data. They will learn about narratology through the example of illustrated books from Asia and the relation between text and image. They will also learn how to describe and catalogue manuscripts based on their physical features, contents, and paratexts. They will be presented with the application of TEI/XML standards in manuscript cataloguing. Classes will be divided into modules taught by specialists in manuscript studies from various domains and disciplines. The meetings will include workshops at the Special Collections in BUW (University of Warsaw Library). Students will be acquainted with the practical aspects of research in selected areas of manuscript studies, including traditional codicological methods and contemporary analytical techniques, such as computational linguistics and multispectral analysis. Classes will involve extensive practice in the use of spoken and written English for academic purposes. Topics 1. An overview of writing supports, paper, and parchment: focus on Tibet 2. From codices to (digital) editions: digging into medieval English manuscripts 3. Critical analysis of the source texts: textual criticism based – selected examples from Mongolia 4. Text and image – illustrated books in Asia on the selected examples 5. Analysing manuscripts with the aid of computational linguistics 6. Manuscript fragments and the perspectives of fragmentology 7. Catalogues and cataloguing 8. Codicology and cataloguing in practice – working with medieval and early modern Latin manuscripts (Special Collections, BUW – workshop) 9. Material analysis of European historical documents
Bibliography:	Andrist, P., Canart, P. and Maniaci, M. 2013. La syntaxe du codex. Essai de codicologie structurale. Turnhout. Bak, J. M. 2017. Introduction to Working with Manuscripts for Medievalists. Gorgias and Press. Buzi P. and Witakowski, W. (eds.). 2015. Cataloging, in: A. Bausi (general ed.), Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies. An Introduction. Hamburg. pp. 467-530. Clemens, R. and T. Graham. 2007. Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Cornell University Press. Helman-Ważny, A., 2014, The Archeology of Tibetan Books, Brill. Kara, G. 2016, Books of Mongolian Nomads, Indiana University Press. Mass, P. 1958. Textual Criticism. Oxford University Press, New York. De Hamel, Ch. 2016. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts. Allen Lane. Richards, M. P. 1994. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts. Basic Readings. Routledge. Tarrant, R. 2016. Texts, Editors, and Readers. Methods and Problems in Latin Textual Criticism. Cambridge University Press. Van Lit, L. W. C., O.P. 2020. Among Digitized Manuscripts. Philology, Codicology, Paleography in a Digital World. Brill.
Learning outcomes:	(in Polish) Wiedza: zna i rozumie - WG_01 w stopniu umożliwiającym rewizję istniejących paradygmatów – światowy dorobek, obejmujący podstawy teoretyczne oraz zagadnienia ogólne i wybrane zagadnienia szczegółowe w zakresie studiów nad rękopisami P8S_WG - WG_03 metodologię badań naukowych w zakresie studiów nad rękopisami P8S_WG - WK_01 fundamentalne problemy współczesnej cywilizacji z perspektywy badań nad piśmiennictwem i artefaktami kultury dawnej P8S_WK Umiejętności: potrafi - UK_01 komunikować się na tematy specjalistyczne w stopniu umożliwiającym aktywne uczestnictwo w międzynarodowym środowisku naukowym związanym z pracą badawczą nad źródłami rękopiśmiennymi P8S_UK - UW_01 wykorzystywać wiedzę z różnych dyscyplin nauk humanistycznych do twórczego identyfikowania artefaktów i tekstów kultury, formułowania innowacyjnych programów badawczych, rozwiązywania złożonych problemów dotyczących źródeł cywilizacji lub wykonywania zadań o charakterze badawczym, a w szczególności definiować cel i przedmiot badań naukowych w dziedzinie nauk humanistycznych, właściwie rozwijać metody, techniki i narzędzia badawcze stosowane w kodykologii, paleografii i krytyce tekstów dawnych oraz twórczo je stosować; formułować hipotezę badawczą oraz wnioskować na podstawie wyników badań naukowych P8S_UW Kompetencje społeczne: jest gotów do - KK_03 uznania priorytetu wiedzy w rozwiązaniu problemów badawczych, poznawczych i praktycznych, w obrębie dyscyplin humanistycznych, z zachowaniem szacunku dla standardów pracy nad zabytkami kultury rękopiśmiennej i debaty naukowej P8S_KK
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	active participation in classes fulfilment of given tasks (reading, exercises) powerpoint presentation (ppt) on methodologies introduced during the course, their implementation and the problem of interdisciplinary research

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO KON TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Monika Opalińska
Group instructors:	Agata Bareja-Starzyńska, Joanna Dolińska-Streltsov, Agnieszka Fabiańska, Agnieszka Helman-Ważny, Marcin Krawczuk, Monika Opalińska, Magdalena Szpindler, Barbara Wagner
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Pass/fail Seminar - Pass/fail
Short description:	This course is an introduction to manuscript studies. It offers an overview of the basic aspects of manuscript production, copying, and use based on examples from different cultures and times. It is intended to introduce students to basic skills and tools required for reading and examining the source texts in their natural manuscript context and the light of selected editions.
Full description:	This course is an introduction to manuscript studies. It offers an overview of the basic aspects of manuscript production, copying, and use based on examples from different cultures and times. During the course, students will learn about different writing supports (e.g. paper, stone, palm leaves, papyrus, parchment, birch bark, metal plates, wax tablets, wooden slips, silk, cloth) in the context of their usage, manufacture, physical characteristics, preservation, geographical location, and history. They will also learn about the appropriate use of various papers and other materials and forms to mediate the second level of meaning transcending the ‘meaning’ of a given text through the choice of material. This course is also intended to introduce students to basic skills and tools required for reading and examining the source texts in their natural manuscript context and the light of selected editions. Students will be introduced to the foundational concepts underlying critical analysis of texts, transcribing and editing manuscript witnesses, and fragmented manuscript data. They will learn about narratology through the example of illustrated books from Asia and the relation between text and image. They will also learn how to describe and catalogue manuscripts based on their physical features, contents, and paratexts. They will be presented with the application of TEI/XML standards in manuscript cataloguing. Classes will be divided into modules taught by specialists in manuscript studies from various domains and disciplines. The meetings will include workshops at the Special Collections in BUW (University of Warsaw Library). Students will be acquainted with the practical aspects of research in selected areas of manuscript studies, including traditional codicological methods and contemporary analytical techniques, such as computational linguistics and multispectral analysis. Classes will involve extensive practice in the use of spoken and written English for academic purposes. Topics 1. An overview of writing supports, paper, and parchment: focus on Tibet 2. From codices to (digital) editions: digging into medieval English manuscripts 3. Critical analysis of the source texts: textual criticism based – selected examples from Mongolia 4. Text and image – illustrated books in Asia on the selected examples 5. Analysing manuscripts with the aid of computational linguistics 6. Manuscript fragments and the perspectives of fragmentology 7. Catalogues and cataloguing 8. Codicology and cataloguing in practice – working with medieval and early modern Latin manuscripts (Special Collections, BUW – workshop) 9. Material analysis of European historical documents
Bibliography:	Andrist, P., Canart, P. and Maniaci, M. 2013. La syntaxe du codex. Essai de codicologie structurale. Turnhout. Bak, J. M. 2017. Introduction to Working with Manuscripts for Medievalists. Gorgias and Press. Buzi P. and Witakowski, W. (eds.). 2015. Cataloging, in: A. Bausi (general ed.), Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies. An Introduction. Hamburg. pp. 467-530. Clemens, R. and T. Graham. 2007. Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Cornell University Press. Helman-Ważny, A., 2014, The Archeology of Tibetan Books, Brill. Kara, G. 2016, Books of Mongolian Nomads, Indiana University Press. Mass, P. 1958. Textual Criticism. Oxford University Press, New York. De Hamel, Ch. 2016. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts. Allen Lane. Richards, M. P. 1994. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts. Basic Readings. Routledge. Tarrant, R. 2016. Texts, Editors, and Readers. Methods and Problems in Latin Textual Criticism. Cambridge University Press. Van Lit, L. W. C., O.P. 2020. Among Digitized Manuscripts. Philology, Codicology, Paleography in a Digital World. Brill.

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