2018-19

The course deals with the evolution of Greek script and manuscripts from the 4th to the 19th c.
Course Aims: The aim of the course is to introduce the student directly to the written sources for Greek history and the cultural heritage of Greece.
Course Outcome: At the end of the course, the student will be acquainted with Greek script and its evolution, writing instruments, scriptoria, writing and reading in Byzantium and in the post-Byzantine period, manuscripts and their archaeology, the elements of chronology, the description of manuscripts and of documents.