MDVL 500

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3

Seminar in Medieval Studies

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Credit: 4 hours.

Team-taught, interdisciplinary seminar on varying topics in Medieval Studies drawing on faculty from UIUC and invited scholars from other universities.

Approved for letter and S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.

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MDVL 500 class schedule data for spring 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	74961	Discussion/ Recitation		ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending		Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23
	52496	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 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: The Materiality of Manuscripts Section Info: 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. Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.