Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Europe
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Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Europe
University of Colorado System
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Perhaps no other relic of the European Middle Ages captures our imagination more than illuminated medieval manuscripts, or those documents decorated with images and colored pigments. Serving as windows unto a lost world of kings, ladies, faith, war, and culture, they communicate complex visual and textual narratives of Europe’s collective cultural heritage and patrimony. In this fashion, illuminated manuscripts are dynamic messages from our communal past that are still relevant today in fields like graphic design and typography.
In this seven-week course, students will explore the material creation, content, and historical context of illuminated medieval European manuscripts. Students will acquire an introductory knowledge of their distinguishing characteristics, their cataloguing and periodization (when they were created), the methods utilized to produce them, and their historical context and value.
Student achievement will be assessed using not only traditional multiple-choice quizzes, but more importantly will be evaluated based on individual student projects. In their final projects students will either (1) produce a board of commented images about medieval manuscripts or (2) prepare a physical manuscript using medieval methods. The best of these peer-evaluated projects will be posted on the Deciphering Secrets website, which is our collective citizen scholarship web presence that encourages and supports our global citizen scholars appreciation and contributions to transcription of medieval manuscripts.
Finally, we wish to highlight that this course is an exciting international collaboration between the University of Colorado (USA) and Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain).
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1
章节
COURSE INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL WORLD AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES
Week #1
15 个视频（共 114 分钟）, 12 个阅读材料, 4 个测验
15 个视频
Meet Dr. Ana Belen Sanchez Prieto分钟
Meet Dr. Roger L. Martínez-Dávila分钟
Optional video: How everything started10分钟
Week 1: Overview of Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean3分钟
1.0b. Introduction to Manuscript Studies3分钟
1.1. What is a Manuscript?10分钟
1.2. What is an Illuminated Manuscript?9分钟
1.3. Where do we Find Medieval Manuscripts?10分钟
1.4. How do we Find Medieval Manuscripts?8分钟
Project. 1. Introduction15分钟
Facsimile editions of medieval manuscripts13分钟
Handbooks and Lexicons10分钟
Working with Medieval Manuscripts10分钟
Wrap-Up to Unit 12分钟
12 个阅读材料
Course Description10分钟
Who Should Enroll?10分钟
Learning Outcomes and Goals10分钟
Teaching Methods and Approach10分钟
Assessment: Assignments and Grading10分钟
Nota para hispanohablantes (Notice for Spanish speakers)10分钟
Medieval Europe and Its Siblings20分钟
The Formation of Medieval Europe15分钟
The Islamic World and Formation of Its First Caliphates10分钟
Byzantium – Eastern Roman Empire10分钟
1.0a. Introduction to Unit 1. Activities and Workflow10分钟
Searching for a definition of "manuscript"10分钟
3 个练习
Considering maps: What do they reveal?2分钟
History: Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean16分钟
Manuscript studies. Basic concepts20分钟
2
章节
MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN KINGDOMS (PART 1) AND WRITING SUPPORTS AND BOOK FORMATS
WEEK #2
12 个视频（共 98 分钟）, 10 个阅读材料, 4 个测验
12 个视频
2.0b.Writing Materials and Book Formats. Introduction3分钟
2.1. Archaic Writing Materials9分钟
2.2. Papyrus7分钟
2.3. Parchment12分钟
2.4. Paper10分钟
2.5. Tablets9分钟
2.6. Roll and Scroll11分钟
2.7. Codex14分钟
2.8. Archaic and Exotic Book Formats5分钟
Project : Materials and Book Formats7分钟
Wrap-up to Unit 22分钟
10 个阅读材料
Creation of Medieval European Kingdoms5分钟
Early Germanic Peoples5分钟
The Vandals: A Brief Reference10分钟
The Ostrogoths10分钟
The Visigoths10分钟
France and the Franks20分钟
England and the Anglo-Saxons and Normans20分钟
2.0a. Introduction to Unit 2. Activities and Workflow10分钟
Ancient Scrolls Blackened by Vesuvius are Readable at Last10分钟
The Birth of the Codex10分钟
3 个练习
Thinking More About Historical Sources: France's Einhard and England's Bede2分钟
Medieval Kingdoms - Part 116分钟
Writing Materials and Book Formats20分钟
3
章节
MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN KINGDOMS (PART 2) AND THE WRITING CASE AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CODEX
WEEK #3
12 个视频（共 106 分钟）, 7 个阅读材料, 3 个测验
12 个视频
3.0b. Introduction to Unit 34分钟
3.1. The Writing Instruments9分钟
3.2. Black Inks10分钟
3.3. Colors (Part 1)9分钟
3.4. Colors (Part 2)11分钟
Bonus: Making a Lake Pigment11分钟
3.5. The Quires9分钟
3.6. Folding7分钟
3.7. Working with the Quires12分钟
Projects: The Writing Case and the Architecture of the Codex6分钟
Wrap-Up to Unit 31分钟
7 个阅读材料
Iberia: Christian and Islamic Kingdoms10分钟
Cities: The Rise of Urban Centers10分钟
Medieval Warfare10分钟
Scholasticism: The Revival of Learning10分钟
3.0a. Introduction to Unit 3. Activities and Workflow10分钟
Some readings about medieval colours10分钟
Some very interesting videos about paint and ink making10分钟
2 个练习
Medieval Kingdoms - Part 212分钟
Manuscript Studies20分钟
4
章节
A GLIMPSE OF SPAIN'S KING ALFONSO X "THE WISE" AND PREPARING THE PAGE FOR WRITING
WEEK #4
8 个视频（共 76 分钟）, 7 个阅读材料, 3 个测验
8 个视频
4.0b. The Preparation of the Page. Introduction3分钟
4.1. The "mise-en-page"19分钟
4.2. Proportional Rectangles and Harmonic Surfaces14分钟
4.3. Pricking11分钟
4.4.Ruling11分钟
Project4分钟
Wrap-up to Unit 42分钟
7 个阅读材料
King Alfonso X "The Wise" of Castile10分钟
Las Cantigas de Santa Maria - The Canticles of Holy Mary10分钟
Lecture: Las Siete Partidas: A Legal Code for Three Religions10分钟
King Alfonso X and the Development of Spanish Universities10分钟
4.0a. Introduction to Unit 4. Activities and Workflow10分钟
Richard H. Rouse & Laura Light, Manuscript Production10分钟
Some interesting readings about the mise-en-page10分钟
2 个练习
History Quiz: King Alfonso X "The Wise"8分钟
Quiz Manuscript Studies20分钟
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创建者 K•Jan 27th 2018
An excellent overview of a complex subject , with the rare option to explore the practical skills involved in making manuscripts , and with a forward view of new research evolving IT makes possible.
创建者 JS•May 5th 2017
fascinating subject. Excellent course whether you want to just learn about the history of the manuscripts or try creating some yourself. The Spanish professor is a real expert in the subject.
讲师
Dr. Roger Louis Martínez-Dávila
Associate ProfessorHistory
Ana B. Sanchez-Prieto
Dr. in Medieval History, Dr. in Education SciencesHistoriographical Sciences and Techniques
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