Applications are open for the London International Palaeography Summer School (LIPSS), running 15 – 19 June 2015.

The London International Palaeography Summer School is a series of intensive courses in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies. Courses range from a half to two days duration and are given by experts in their respective fields from a wide range of institutions. Subject areas include Latin, English, Anglo-Saxon, German and Greek palaeography, history of scripts, illuminated manuscripts, codicology, vernacular editing and liturgical and devotional manuscripts.

The Summer School is hosted by the Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies with the co-operation of the British Library, the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House Library, the Warburg Institute, University College, King’s College London and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Full-day course fee: £90.
Half-day course fee: £55.
Block bookings discounts and discounts for full-time MA/PhD students available.

Programme :

Monday 15 June

Introduction to the Insular System of Scripts to 900 A.D. (Julia Crick)
Vernacular Editing: Chaucer and his Contemporaries (Anthony Edwards)
Early Modern English Palaeography (Elizabeth Danbury & Nigel Ramsay)
An Introduction to Greek Palaeography I (Laura Franco)

Tuesday 16 June

European Palaeography to 900 A.D. (David Ganz)
Approaches to the Art of Insular Manuscripts (Carol Farr)
How Medieval Manuscripts Were Made (Patricia Lovett)
Reading and Editing Renaissance English Manuscripts I (Chris Stamatakis)
An Introduction to Greek Palaeography II (Laura Franco)

Wednesday 17 June

Codicology and Cataloguing of Medieval Manuscripts I (Peter Kidd)
Quills and Calligraphy (Patricia Lovett)
Liturgical and Devotional Manuscripts I (Jenny Stratford and Rowan Watson)
Reading and Editing Renaissance English Manuscripts II (Chris Stamatakis)
German Palaeography (Dorothea McEwan and Claudia Wedepohl)

Thursday 18 June

Intermediate Old English Palaeography (Debby Banham)
Introduction to Latin Palaeography (Marigold Norbye)
In the Beginning: The Importance of Latin Gospel Incipits, 7th-9th Centuries and Beyond (Carol Farr)
An Introduction to Keyboard Music Manuscripts from the 16th to 18th Centuries (Heather Windram and Terence Charlston) NB: Half-day course
Codicology and Cataloguing of Medieval Manuscripts II (Peter Kidd)
Liturgical & Devotional Manuscripts II (Jenny Stratford & Rowan Watson)

Friday 19 June

Middle English Palaeography (Jane Roberts)
Intermediate Latin Palaeography (Marigold Norbye)
Writing and Reading Medieval Manuscripts: Folio Layouts in Context (Anna Somfai)
Transcribing and Editing Manuscripts: Palaeography after 1700 (Wim Van Mierlo) NB: Half-day course

Questions? Contact the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London at IESEvents@sas.ac.uk or +44 020 7862 8679

Source : London International Palaeography Summer School