Paleography Course
This Paleography Course equips you to master early modern handwriting from 1500-1800, confidently reading, dating, and interpreting manuscripts. You will gain practical skills in distinguishing scripts, decoding abbreviations, transcribing documents, assessing damage, and creating digital enhancements, turning challenging texts into dependable evidence for humanities research, editing, and archival work.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Acquire essential skills to read and interpret early modern manuscripts (1500–1800) confidently. Master major scripts, abbreviations, notarial signs, and regional variants. Practice transcription, translation, damage evaluation, digital enhancement, and proper citation to transform tough documents into trustworthy, citable sources.
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Develop skills
- Read early modern scripts like secretary, italic, and chancery hands swiftly.
- Decode abbreviations in Latin and vernacular legal texts accurately.
- Date and localise documents using script styles and formulae.
- Transcribe and translate damaged manuscripts into reliable editions.
- Apply forensic techniques to enhance faint text and reconstruct passages.
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