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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)