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From: Germaine Warkentin <[log in to unmask]>
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SCRIPTO. A New Programme for Graduate Medievalists and Early Modern
Specialists
The SCRIPTO programme (Scholarly Codicological Research, Information &
Palaeographical Tools) at Friedrich Alexander University
Erlangen-Nuremberg aims to provide a systematic, research-oriented
introduction to the study of medieval and early modern books and their
interpretation. It combines research and instruction within the framework
of a uniquely innovative course of European, not to say world-wide,
interest, at the end of which each candidate will be awarded a diploma
from Friedrich Alexander University.
A modular programme
This modular programme is a sort of bridge between research and practical
work, and trains students in broad-based research projects (for example,
the cataloguing of medieval and early modern manuscripts). Students taking
a Master*s degree may obtain 60 ECTS in the SCRIPTO programme.
A broad spectrum of subjects
SCRIPTO is made up of a broad spectrum of subjects and offers the
following courses:
- History and principles of cataloguing
- Text typology (philosophical and theological texts; literary
texts; liturgy, music; law, medicine; medieval Latin)
- Book illumination (technology, stylistic history, illustrational
typology, iconography); palaeography
- Codicology; incunabula studies
- Informatics (use and construction of databanks for the
interpretation, drawing up and administration of information about
manuscripts; preparation of printed catalogues).
The modules introduce the topic in question and provide the knowledge
needed to establish a thorough survey of the material make-up of the
manuscripts. Moreover, the Informatics Module enables one to reproduce
electronically or in print the results obtained. The instructors, who are
distinguished specialists in their particular fields of research and
teaching, are as follows: Dr. Oliver Duntze (Berlin/Erlangen), Bibliology;
Privatdozentin Dr. Sonja Glauch (Erlangen), German; Dr. Christine
Jakobi-Mirwald (Weiler), History of Art; Dr. Tino Licht (Heidelberg),
Medieval Latin; Privatdozent Dr. Bernhard Pabst (Cologne), Medieval
Latin; Dr. Christine Sauer (Stadtbibliothek Nuremberg), History of Art;
Dr. Bettina Wagner (Bavarian State Library, Munich), German/Medieval
Latin; and Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Winkler (Frankfurt), Musicology.
There will also be a workshop led by a distinguished scholar and concerned
with a relevant academic topic. Most DFG manuscript centres in Germany
(Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart and Wolfenbüttel) are supportive of
the SCRIPTO programme. The course will take place in cooperation with the
manuscript departments of the Erlangen University Library and the Bavarian
State Library in Munich, in which latter some of the classes will take
place.
The academic committee of SCRIPTO is made up of the following scholars:
Prof. Jacques Berlioz (Ecole nationale des chartes, Paris), Prof.
Guglielmo Cavallo (Università degli studi *La Sapienza*, Rome), Prof.
David Ganz (King*s College, London), Prof. Eef Overgauuw (Staatsbibliothek
zu Berlin * Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Representative of DFG Manuscript
Centres) and Prof. Ursula Rautenberg (Friedrich Alexander University,
Erlangen-Nuremberg).
Admission Requirements
Participants admitted to the course must have at least a Bachelor*s
degree. Students must apply for the course in writing. Applicants are
required to show an adequate knowledge of Latin and of western
palaeography. Applicants will be informed in writing if they have been
admitted to the course. The language of instruction is German. Foreign
participants, however, will be able to take German language courses at
Friedrich Alexander University if they so wish.
SCRIPTO 2007
The first course is from 22 October 2007 till 18 January 2008. Applicants
should write, enclosing a full CV, to:
Prof. Dr. Michele C. Ferrari
Mittellatein und Neulatein
Kochstr. 4/3
91056 Erlangen (Germany)
The application deadline is 30 June 2007. Those applicants accepted for
the course will be charged 650 Euros and will receive a document stating
the terms of agreement and detailed information about the course,
including the timetable.
SCRIPTO online:
_http://www.mittellatein.phil.uni-erlangen.de/scripto/scripto.html_
(http://www.mittellatein.phil.uni-erlangen.de/scripto/scripto.html)
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Germaine Warkentin // English (Emeritus)
VC 205, Victoria College (University of Toronto),
73 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1K7, CANADA
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