Paleography Course
This course provides essential skills for reading and interpreting early modern manuscripts from 1500–1800, including script identification, abbreviation decoding, transcription, translation, and forensic techniques to handle damaged documents effectively.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What Will I Learn?
This short, practical Paleography Course equips you with the skills to read and interpret early modern manuscripts from 1500–1800 confidently. Learn to distinguish major scripts, decode abbreviations and notarial signs, and recognise regional variants. Gain hands-on experience with transcription, translation, damage assessment, digital enhancement, and citation so you can turn difficult documents into reliable, citable evidence.
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Develop Skills
- Read early modern scripts: quickly identify secretary, italic, and chancery hands.
- Decode abbreviations: expand Latin and vernacular notarial and legal contractions.
- Date and localise documents: use script and formulae to place texts in context.
- Transcribe and translate: produce accurate, cited editions from damaged manuscripts.
- Apply forensic reading: enhance faint text and reconstruct missing passages safely.
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