We are very grateful to Professor David d’Avray FBA (UCL) for allowing us to post this schema of the UCL and joint UCL-King’s Palaeography and Diplomatic teaching. He outlines the teaching structure as follows:
The Palaeography and Diplomatic Teaching at UCL has three strands, though they are intertwined. Dr Marigold Norbye teaches a seminar course of 40 contact hours focussing on transcription, codicology, dating and library history. The content of Prof. David d’Avray’s parallel seminar course of a further 40 contact hours partly overlaps: transcription and dating also figure. The codicological element is crucial for the British Library manuscript project (see below). Dating is taught partly by the famous ‘Palaeography Game’, in which teams date for points, using loose-leaf Manuscrit datés. (The dating training by Norbye is also a preparation for this.) d’Avray’s course includes direction of work for the British Library project, for which each student chooses a British Library manuscript and (a) does a catalogue level description of it and (b) writes a paper on some aspect of it of interest for cultural, social or political history. Some of these projects are remarkable pieces of work. This course is also the venue for the teaching of diplomatic, integrated as far as possible with broader historical and cultural developments. Some textual criticism also figures in the course. Finally, there is a joint lecture course provided together with the Professor of Palaeography at Kings College. In the first term, most of the lectures are by Prof. Julia Crick, on script. In the second term, after lectures on English government by Prof. David Carpenter and on Textual Criticism by Dr Daniel Hadas, the remaining lectures are by d’Avray, on diplomatic, broadly understood. Students can thus take up to 100 contact hours of palaeography and diplomatic.
PALAEO – DIPLOMATIC LECTURES and SEMINARS 2016-2017
| Week beginning | Seminar: Marigold Norbye
(includes transcription every time) |
Seminar:
David d’Avray et al.
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Lectures
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| Week beginning Oct 3 | Tues 4 Oct
Intro to reading scripts, abbreviations
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Weds 5 Oct
Introduction to the course
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Weds Oct 5
Prof. Crick Majuscules
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| Week beginning Oct 10 | Tues 11 Oct
Dating, abbreviations (cont) |
Weds 12 Oct
Dating facsimiles from Watson, Dated & Datable Manuscripts |
Weds 12 Oct
Prof. Crick Half-uncial |
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| Week beginning Oct 17 | Tues 18 Oct
Codicology with MS in Senate House Library
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Weds 19 Oct
British Library session on Watson Facs
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Weds 19 Oct
Prof. Crick Caroline
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| Week beginning Oct 24 | Tues 25 Oct
Codicology
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Weds 26 Oct
‘Find MS in BL’ session
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Weds 26 Oct
Prof. Crick Romanesque
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| READING WEEK KINGS | Tues 1 Nov
Codicology
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Weds
Transcription TNA SC 7/9/5 TNA SC 7/19/16 Palaeography game |
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| READING WEEK UCL | No lecture | ||||
| Week beginning Nov 14 | Tues 15 Nov
Literacy
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Weds 16 Nov
Sophie Page (2 hours)
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Weds 16 Nov
Prof. Crick Gothic
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| Week beginning Nov 21 | Tues 22 Nov
Codicology
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Weds 23 Nov
Antonio Sennis
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Weds 23 Nov
Prof. Crick Cursives i |
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| Week beginning Nov 28 | Tues 29 Nov
Codicology
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Weds 30 Nov
British Library session on MSS OR Transcription TNA SC 7/9/5 TNA SC 7/19/16 |
Weds 30 Nov
Prof. Crick Cursives ii
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| Week beginning Dec 5 | Tues 6 Dec
Codicology |
Weds 7 Dec
Palaeography Game |
Weds 7 Dec
Cindy Johnson Flourishing |
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| Week beginning Dec 12 | Tues 13 Dec
Codicology
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Weds 14 Dec
Dating systems
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Weds 14 Dec
Prof. Crick Insular |
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| Week beginning Jan 9 | Tues 10 Jan
Visit to Wellcome Library
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Weds 11 Jan
Antonio Sennis (one hour only) |
Weds 11 Jan
Daniel Hadas Textual Criticism |
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| Week beginning Jan 16 | Tues 17 Jan
Codicology
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Weds 18 Jan
John Sabapathy
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Weds 18 Jan
Note: the remaining lectures are on Diplomatic David Carpenter Record Keeping |
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| Week beginning Jan 23 | Tues 24 Jan
Codicology
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Weds 25 Jan
British Library MSS session
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Weds 25 Jan
Early medieval privileges: landbooks, forgery, role of beneficiary; Kortüm: centre and locality before the Gregorian Reform |
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| Week beginning Jan 30 | Tues 31 Jan
Codicology
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Weds 1 Feb
David d’Avray more docs and transcription to go with lecture; Palaeography Game |
Weds 1 Feb
11th century transformations. English royal writs. Papal rota and monogramme and abandonment of ‘Curiale’ |
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| Week beginning Feb 6 | Tues 7 Feb
Medieval libraries
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Weds 8 Feb
David d’Avray Documents illustrating range of papal commands. |
Weds 8 Feb
Range of royal and papal commands: examples; rescript government.
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| Week beginning Feb 20 | Tues 21 Feb
Medieval libraries (student presentations)
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Weds 22 Feb
David d’Avray ~ Penitentiary formulary ~ Lansdowne 397 ~ Harley Ch III A. 34 ~ Add Ch 19553
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Weds 22 Feb
Formularies: Liber diurnus, Penitentiary Formulary; Audientia formulary, Glanville and Registers of Writs.
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| Week beginning Feb 27 | Tues 28 Feb
Medieval libraries (student presentations)
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Weds 1 March
David d’Avray more docs and transcription to go with lecture ~ Papal legate: Add MS 16611 fo. 145recto ~ Novel disseisin: BL Add MS 35179; ~ BL Add MS 38821 fos. 21v-22r ~Judges Delegate: TNA SC 7/64/4 |
Weds 1 March
Power at a distance: possessory assizes; papal judges delegate and letters of justice.
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| Week beginning March 6 | Tues 7 March
Book production
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Weds 8 March
David d’Avray more docs and transcription to go with lecture: ~ Add Ch 1548 ~ Hybrid: BL Add Ch 1542 ~ Letter of Grace to Cluniacs Add Ch 1551 |
Weds 8 March
Letters of Justice and Letters of Graces Significance of silk thread, external appearance, clausulae and government without record of letters: ‘Notwithstanding’ and ‘of certain knowledge’, etc.
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| Week beginning March 13 | Tues 14 March
Book production
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Weds 15 March
David d’Avray more docs and transcription to go with lecture |
Weds 15 March
Record keeping: /Registration: papacy. Chancery. Penitentiary.
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| Week beginning March 20 | Tues 21 March
Conclusions
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22 March
David d’Avray British Library MSS Session |
Weds 22 March
Conclusion: Diplomatic as a way of thought.
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Professor David d’Avray FBA, University College London
Teaching the Codex 