Join us in exploring how manuscripts were made, parchment to binding, and their makers.
A fully online course
This one-week online course, supported by two Q&A sessions with your tutor, will take you through all stages of manuscript production, from making papyrus, parchment and paper to binding.
Learn from the experts
The main contents of the course are supported by videos and interviews with conservators and curators to provide you with a real-life approach to working and preserving manuscripts.
Entirely at your own pace
The course is made into five sessions, which you can take at any time during your 8 weeks of access to the platform. Each session has downloadable transcripts and lists of resources.
Please contact us (study.imems@durham.ac.uk) for further information.
Course outline
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the key stages in manuscript production.
- Understand how papyrus, parchment and paper were made.
- Be able to identify and describe simple quire structures and organisational devices in medieval manuscripts.
- Be aware of the variety of pigments used in medieval manuscripts and how they were produced.
- Understand the process by which manuscripts were prepared for writing, copied, illuminated and bound.
- Have an awareness of historical and current trends in Codicology, including digital and technological initiatives.
Core modules
- Materials
- Papyrus, parchment and paper.
- Inks and writing implements.
- Structures
- Quires and quire structures.
- Organisational devices.
- Mise-en-page.
- Copying and illuminating
- The process of copying manuscripts.
- Pigments & Illumination.
- Binding and book production
- Introduction to bindings.
- The scriptorium and lay book-making.
- Present and future
- Technological and digital methods.
- Analysis and Conservation.
Course specifications
Format
This course is delivered online. All content is asynchronous – videos, quizzes and text – supported by two optional Q&A live sessions where there will be a chance to ask questions and give feedback.
The Q&A sessions will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. You will receive the links to the next scheduled sessions with your confirmation e-mail upon booking.
Time investment
This course is designed around five sessions, each containing on average 1:30hrs of video content.
You will have access to the course for 8 weeks from the start date.
Pricing
The full price for this course is £100.
Payment will be taken via Events@Durham by following the ‘Book now’ link above and below. We will be in touch with further details within 3 days of your booking.
Bursaries
No bursaries are offered for this course.
How to enrol
Book
Follow the link below or above to book via Event Durham.
You will receive a confirmation e-mail with links to the Q&A sessions within 3 days of booking.
Start
Start anytime within 8 weeks of your confirmation e-mail.
You will have access to the platform for 8 weeks from the date your confirmation e-mail is sent.
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