Palaeography

Code:

MHP016

Acronym:

PAL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in History and Heritage

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MHP	10	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	45,5	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

• To develop students’ ability to read and interpret written historical sources of medieval and modern times;
• To enable students to scientifically transcribe original texts of different types and to prepare their briefs;
• To provide students with theoretical knowledge to enable them to examine the internal and the external features of the documents;
• To enable students to answer specific questions stemming from research practice with primary sources, including identifying writing agents and sites, the time period when the acts were carried out, the purpose of the different texts, etc.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able to transcribe different juridical documents written in different scripts, as well as to analyse  the features considered indispensable for the interpretation of various historical written sources.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

It is recommended that students have had some contact with paleographic practices.

Program

1. Paleography in Portugal
2. Portuguese writings during medieval and early modern periods
2.1. brevigraphs
2.2. Typologies
3. Document Transcription
4. The act of writing and material conditions
4.1. scriptoria and chanceries
4.2 scribae, notaries public and others

Mandatory literature

COSTA, Avelino de Jesus da; Normas Gerais de Transcrição de Documentos e Textos Medievais e Modernos, 3ª edição, Coimbra, 1993
PETRUCCI, Armando; Breve storia della scrittura latina, Roma:, 1989
MARQUES, José; L'écriture de Francesco Cavalcanti, une nouveauté au Portugal. 1482, sep. «Revista da Faculdade de Letras - História», II série, vol. XII, pp. 151-182, Porto: Faculdade de Letras, 1995
SANTOS, Maria José Azevedo; Ler e compreender a escrita na Idade Média, Col. Textos pedagógicos e didácticos, nº 10 , Lisboa: Edições Colibri / Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 2000
STIENNON, Jacques; Paléographie du Moyen Age, Paris: Armand Colin, 1991
MARQUES, José; Práticas paleográficas em Portugal no século XV, sep. de «Revista da Faculdade de Letras - Ciências e Técnicas do Património», I série, vol.1, pp. 73-96 , Porto: Faculdade de Letras, 2002
COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz et alii; Estudos de Diplomática Portuguesa, Lisboa: Edições Colibri / Faculdade de Letras a Universidade de Coimbra, 2001
GUYOTJEANNIN, Olivier ; Conseils pour l'Édition des Textes Médiévaux. Fascicule I : Conseils Généraux. Fascicule II: Actes et documents d'Archives, Paris: ed. du CTHS, École des Chartes, 2001
SANTOS, Maria José Azevedo; Da visigótica à carolina: a escrita em Portugal de 882 a 1172, , Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian e J.N.I.C.T., 1994
GASPARRI, Françoise ; Introduction à l'Histore de l'écriture, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1984
COSTA, Avelino de Jesus da; Álbum de Paleografia e Diplomática Portuguesas, vol. I - Estampas, Coimbra, Fac. Letras da Universidade de Coimbra/ Instituto de Paleografia e Diplomática, 1997
BATTELLI, Giulio ; Lezioni di Paleografia, 4ª edição,, Citta del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2002
CARCEL ORTÍ, Mª Milagros (ed.) ; Vocabulaire International de la Diplomatique, Valencià, Conselleria de Cultura, Universitat de Valencià, 1994
BISCHOFF, Bernhard; Paléographie de l'Antiquité romaine et du Moyen Age occidental, tradução francesa, Paris: Picard, 1995

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical presentation of program topics complemented with practical exercises (documents' reading and/or transcription).

keywords

Humanities > History > Paleography

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	133,00
Frequência das aulas	23,00
Trabalho escrito	6,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

at least 75% of attendance in sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final assessment = 3 written tests (1st test = 40%; 2nd test = 60%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

The improvement of classification may be obtained in an appeal season, through the completion of a single exam that encompasses all the subjects taught. There is no appeal from any specific test.

Observations

Since it is a discipline with post-graduation level, it is recommended that the Students have basic knowledge of Paleography.