I really do love teaching first-year, especially first-semester students. They are eager. University is still their oyster. Everything is there to learn — including things…
Month: August 2016
Paleography. The core of any manuscript course. The source of angst in any manuscript course. I have clear and painful memories of going home with…
Text selection is a major element of course design, so I’m dedicating several blog posts to discussing which sample Books of Hours I have assigned…
Today is our first visit to the Special Collections library to view some of our medieval materials. I haven’t even left home yet and I…
One of my all-time favorite assignments in these manuscript classes is the Make Your Own Manuscript project. It’s configured differently for different courses, but the…