Pedagogical approaches to palaeography and codicology. Organisers: @maryrboyle, @TEFranklinos, @jrhrdj, @DowsMillerSeb
Oxford, England
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Latin hymns conference at Oxford in Sept. In-person only. Come one, come all! Registration free but required. classics.ox.ac.uk/event/the-… @OxMedStud
Now it’s time for our #teachingcodex round table feat @HLaehnemann @olde_bookes @MatthewHolford, Andrew Honey, and chaired by our co-founder Tristan Franklinos
#teachingcodex We're lucky at @StJohnsOxLib that fragments were kept when books were rebound and we can use codicological evidence to line things up, as shown in the blog post.
#teachingcodex In most cases, we don't have info on the books of origin of the St John's fragments but in one case, there was a shelf mark. And so I had to explain e.g. what a shelf mark was so readers would understand why I was excited by one!
#teachingcodex Then we start with some basic palaeography, with the MS 249 unicorn. It's familiar...ish (but it's compared to a goat not a horse!). Intro to abbreviations as well. Shows how different the writing system is.
#teachingcodex What students can do here very well is engaging with TEXTS, but not materiality
The community-sourced translation has resulted in this book. Text collected in 1804, and it's been in the British Library, unread. Now it's available in affordable copy & reached the top 5! #teachingcodex
The hybridity here is finding ever more surreptitious ways of continuing the field! Text editions are not popular with the REF. #teachingcodex
There are fewer and fewer opportunities to teach Jawi. Take opportunities to insert it into curriculum, e.g. in a course on environmental humanities about elephants!
It's our 4th #teachingcodex workshop this afternoon. Keep your eye on our hashtag here for updates. And if you're not already following us on Instagram, here's a taste of what you're missing.
