GERMAN PALAEOGRAPHY CLASS

 

The London International Palaeography Summer School will offer a German Palaeography class on Friday June 17 2016, from 10.00-17.00. This is a reading class. Its aim is to familiarize students with a number of different handwritings. A variety of texts will be examined and read: private correspondence, official correspondence of German courts and the Habsburg monarchy, petitions by individuals, replies by authorities, appeals, etc., from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The course will be flexible in as much as it will be possible to present documents from different centuries and handwriting styles in order to suit the needs of the participants.

 

Course instructors: Dr Dorothea McEwan (Warburg Institute) and Dr Claudia Wedepohl (Warburg Institute)

 

Open to all. Course fees: £95 (standard) | £71.25 (full-time students, worldwide)

 

Please visit the London Palaeography Summer School web pages (http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/london-palaeography-summer-school) for further information and application forms.