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,…
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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…