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Pedagogical approaches to palaeography and codicology. Organisers: @maryrboyle, @TEFranklinos, @jrhrdj, @DowsMillerSeb
May 17, 2024 10 tweets 2 min read
Finally we're hearing from @HLaehnemann, Professor of Medieval German, who says her first paper after arriving in Oxford was at the first #teachingcodex colloquium – and it was on the meeting of material and digital, so we've come full circle Started me reaching out beyond Oxford, having students reflect digitally. Covid cohort in particular! #teachingcodex
May 17, 2024 7 tweets 1 min read
Now we're hearing from Andrew Honey, book conservator at the @bodleianlibs #teachingcodex You don't need to be able to *read* the text in order to understand books as objects #teachingcodex
May 17, 2024 6 tweets 1 min read
Next up in the #teachingcodex round table is @MatthewHolford, Tolkien Curator of Medieval Manuscripts Large part of role is facilitating teaching by others, but also teaching aspects which aren't covered in formal faculty curriculum
May 17, 2024 10 tweets 2 min read
Now it’s time for our #teachingcodex round table feat ⁦@HLaehnemann⁩ ⁦@olde_bookes⁩ ⁦@MatthewHolford⁩, Andrew Honey, and chaired by our co-founder Tristan Franklinos Image First up @olde_bookes is showcasing Trinity College MS 29 #teachingcodex, a universal history of the world in Middle English and Latin, compiled in C15
May 17, 2024 15 tweets 2 min read
Our final #teachingcodex presentation for this panel is from Laure Miolo on 'Teaching with manuscripts and instruments'. She's brought an astrolabe with her! Laure is a historian of late medieval Europe, specialising in manuscript studies and history of early libraries with a special focus on scientific books #teachingcodex
May 17, 2024 14 tweets 2 min read
Our next speaker is @sian_witherden, talking on 'Teaching hybridity with blog posts'. Sian works now in the rare books trade. #teachingcodex Before this, Sian worked on a manuscript digitisation project at @StJohnsOxLib
May 17, 2024 18 tweets 3 min read
Our next presentation is from our own @DowsMillerSeb and it's called 'Don't mention the punctuation! Introducing materiality to text-based teaching contexts'. Seb works primarily on Old French. #teachingcodex #teachingcodex Hybridity today: approaches to teaching texts which are found in MSS and printed editions
May 17, 2024 13 tweets 2 min read
We're beginning #teachingcodex with a set of panel presentations. First up is Mulaika Hijjas from @SOAS speaking on 'Community-sourcing as hybrid philology' There are about 10,000 surviving Malay MSS, earliest are C15, most are C19. Things need to be recopied constantly because of the climate. #teachingcodex