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Paleography Course

Paleography Course
from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country

What will I learn?

This short, practical Paleography Course gives you the skills to read and interpret early modern manuscripts from 1500–1800 with confidence. Learn to distinguish major scripts, decode abbreviations and notarial signs, and recognize 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 localize 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.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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