Summer Course in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies: 3. Preparing an Edition
Course content
The highest-level course guides the student through the process of preparing an edition of a medieval or early modern text found in multiple manuscript witnesses. Using a text which has not been previously edited, the students will as a group work through the stages and decisions which go into the making of editions:
- Locating and transcribing the witnesses: The students will use the skills previously learned in the basic level course to locate, date and transcribe the multiple witnesses of the unedited text.
- Collating variants: Using the skills learned in the advanced course, the students will collate variants in order to create a variant apparatus and stemma codicum.
- Presenting the edition: As a group, the students will decide how to present their findings as an edition, whether electronic or print, best-text or critical, diplomatic or normalised, etc.
Following the course, the students are encouraged to continue their work as a group for eventual publication of an edition.
For a full list of lecturers, please visit: http://nfi.ku.dk/english/courses/summer-courses/
For information on tuition fees, please visit the Faculty of Humanities summer school website: http://humanities.ku.dk/education/summer/
By the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Locate multiple manuscript witnesses of a single text
- Make meaningful decisions in the collation and presentation of variant readings
- Prepare an edition based on primary manuscript sources
See the curriculum: http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/dansk/skandinaviske_manuskriptstudier_katv.pdf
Class instruction with lectures and workshops.
For the reading list, please visit: http://nfi.ku.dk/english/courses/summer-courses/
It is recommended that before the student register for Preparing an Edition the student has taken The Theory and Practice of Scholarly Editing or something similar.
In order to be admitted to the Master’s elective offered as
summer courses in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies, the student must
have completed a Bachelor's degree program. The student must
have some background in Old Norse language and literature, e.g. a
BA level course such as The Nordic languages in the Medieval Period
(De nordiske sprog i middelalderen).
The student must be able to read texts in Academic
English.
Applicants must fill in the application form and submit it by e-mail to: nfi_studieadm@hum.ku.dk.
Deadline for application: 1 April 2017
Tuition fees
For information on tuition fees for BA and MA students, please visit the Faculty of Humanities summer school website. Ph.d. students participate for free.
Information on living costs and costs of accommodation is available at the UCPH website for international students.
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Course participation, 2 weeks under invigilation
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Short courses / Copenhagen Summer University
- Category
- Hours
- Project work
- 210
- English
- 210
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- HIOK0003SU
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
Full Degree Master choicePart Time MasterPh.D.
- Duration
- Schedulegroup
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The summer school in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies will take place 7 - 18 August 2017
- Capacity
- 25
- Studyboard
- Study Board of Department of Nordic Research
- Department of Nordic Research
Course responsibles
- Anne Mette Hansen (3-67736e466e7b7334717b346a71)
- Matthew James Driscoll (3-73706a466e7b7334717b346a71)
Teacher
TBA
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