HIST 542

Spring 2023 All Classes

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Problems in Medieval History

Credit: 4 hours.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at http://www.history.illinois.edu.

Same as MDVL 542. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.

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HIST 542 class schedule data for spring 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32410	Discussion/ Recitation	A	10:00AM -11:50AM	M	329 Gregory Hall	Mathisen, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Section Info: Topic: The Materiality of Manuscripts in the Middle Ages Description: Traditionally, historians have valued medieval manuscripts as a source of texts and art historians have seem them as a source of illuminations and illustrations. But there also is a third, less well studied and appreciated, dimension of manuscript studies: a manuscript’s material nature, irrespective of the texts and illumination it contains. This comprises such factors as a manuscript’s size, page layout, ordering of texts, writing materials, binding, and subsequent reuse. These considerations have much to tell us about how, why, and for whom a manuscript was created, its place of manufacture, and the purpose that it served. This seminar will focus on case studies of how manuscripts from various places and periods during the Middle Ages can be appreciated for their purely material aspects. In the process, making use of local archive resources, students will gain hands-on working experience dealing with the materiality of medieval manuscripts.