The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, in conjunction with the American Academy in Rome, is proud to offer a new Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies. A complete description of the curriculum, as well as details about elgibility and application, follows. The venue will alternate between Rome and Toronto. The inaugural year of the programme will be held in Rome from 13 June through 22 July 2011. The courses to be offered are "Latin Palaeography" and a Special Subject on "The Pope s Secret Archive." For further details, please see our flyer . The deadline for applications is 15 January 2011. Description of Programme The Institute has long enjoyed a reputation for providing the best training possible in those technical fields that made its students uniquely qualified to pursue original research amongst the manuscript survivals from the medieval period-namely, Palaeography, Diplomatics, Codicology, and Textual Editing. Over the last decade and more, the Institute has transformed itself into a research institution offering fellowships to young post-doctoral students and visiting scholars. But the Institute has now developed a new curriculum that will make training in these technical disciplines available again, and in an expanded fashion, leading to a formal credential in Manuscript Studies. The programme is open to all qualified applicants who feel they would benefit from it: those just embarking upon their graduate careers who realize that such training would be a valuable precursor to the work they are soon to undertake; those already enrolled in graduate programmes elsewhere who have recognized the need to acquire skills that their own programmes do not provide; those who have already earned their degrees and are in full-time posts but may be looking to enrich themselves. Given that many of these potential applicants will have other obligations during the fall and spring semesters, this new programme in Manuscript Studies is designed to run in the form of intensive summer courses in order to make it accessible to as many candidates as possible. Core Courses The curriculum in Manuscript Studies offered by the Pontifical Institute consists of five core courses, made more expansive by one of those courses being a variable content rubric under which a number of different special-subject courses will be mounted. Students will be required to take four courses to qualify for the diploma in Manuscript Studies, and also to complete a graduating project. MSST 1000: Latin Palaeography A survey of the development of handwriting in the Latin West from the late Roman period until the dawn of print. All the main medieval systems of abbreviation will be introduced, along with the principles of transcription, through daily exercises and practica. Original examples will be viewed in the libraries and archives of Rome and the Vatican when the course runs at the American Academy, and in the Pontifical Institute s own collection when it runs in Toronto. MSST 1001: Codicology A course examining the physical make-up and production of manuscript codices.
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