If you’re looking for a digital facsimile of a Book of Hours that provides plenty of hand-holding, I can’t recommend the Connolly Hours (Boston College,…
Author: Cynthia Camp
Assistant Professor of English at UGA and mastermind behind this website and the classes it represents.
I’m excited about the Houston Book of Hours (University of Houston, Special Collections Library, BX2080.A2 1400z, Use of Reims). It’s a fun sample: easy to…
It’s International Literacy Day! And the idea of that day that cuts to the quick of this course’s central problematic: how could medieval laypeople actually…
What’s on this week? It’s practicum time — the week the students actually apply the codicology, paleography, and (to a lesser degree, sadly) illumination skills…
What’s in a name? Well, quite a lot when that name has the cachet Anne Boleyn’s has today. And I admit that the name is…
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…
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…