Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58
This course provides in-depth advanced study of Insular script and Insular book-production. The course is for students who have successfully completed our Level 3 course in Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts, or equivalent, and aims to prepare students to progess to PhD study in this area. Students will undertake continued study of Insular script, its features and its diffusion across Europe in the Middle Ages; the political and social contexts in which books in Insular script were produced; changes in Insular book-production after AD1200; and detailed study of the various forms of Insular script.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course provides in-depth advanced study of Insular script and Insular book-production. The course is for students who have successfully completed our Level 3 course in Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts, or equivalent, and aims to prepare students to progess to PhD study in this area. Students will undertake continued study of Insular script, its features and its diffusion across Europe in the Middle Ages; the political and social contexts in which books in Insular script were produced; changes in Insular book-production after AD1200; and detailed study of the various forms of Insular script.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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One three-hour written examination (100%) In addition to specific questions on Insular script and manuscripts (as in the existing Level 3 course, students will analyse, and judge between, competing scholarly interpretations of Insular script and Insular book-production. Students will complete numerous formative practical class-exercises. This new Level 4 course will offer more complex formative exercises than the existing Level 3 course.
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Advanced discussion of a range of examples of the script and of their cultural and political significance |
| Conceptual | Apply | Demonstrating an advanced understanding of Insular script and Insular book-production |
| Factual | Evaluate | Advanced skills in describing, dating, and localising the various forms of Insular script |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Judging between competing scholarly interpretations of Insular script and Insular book-production |
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