Course: Palaeography of German Texts

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Course title Palaeography of German Texts
Course code KFL/PALN
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Froněk Marek, Prof.
Course content
Introduction to evolution of writing system in Central Europe with special attention to German manuscripts. Work with copies of archive documents, their transliteration to contemporary writing system. Further transcript of texts to contemporary German and their reproduction in German, eventually in Czech.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 22 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No prerequisite courses.
learning outcomes
The students will be enabled to read older German manuscripts. They know the most important reference books for old manuscripts, they can find relevant hints there and reproduce them in practical use. They can discribe and interpret the structure and the specific elements of manuscripts. The course will be conducted in German on level B1 - B2 with translating more complex expressions into Czech.
teaching methods
Seminar
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Bok, Václav. Slovník středověké němčiny pro historiky. 1. vyd. České Budějovice : Pedagogická fakulta Jihočeské univerzity, 1995. ISBN 80-7040-132-X.
  • CAPPELLI, Adriano. Lexicon Abbreviaturarum. Milano : Hoepli, 1993.
  • Ebelová Ivana, Ohlídalová Anna. Klíč k novověké paleografii. Praha : ISV nakladatelství, 2004.
  • HLAVÁČEK, Ivan; KAŠPAR, Jaroslav; NOVÝ, Rostislav. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. Jinočany, 2002.
  • LEXER, Matthias; PRETZEL, Ulrich. Mittelhochdeutsches Taschenwörterbuch. Hirzel, 1992.


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