2009 Codicology Workshop
7-11 September, 2009
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (morning sessions) and University Library (afternoon sessions), Cambridge, UK
Programme
Monday 7 September
| Morning Lecture | 9.30-12.30 | A general introduction to codicology; parchment and paper |
| Afternoon practical | 2.30-4.00 | Observing parchment and paper in manuscripts |
| Guest Lecture | 4.30-6.00 | Islamic Papyri Professor Geoffrey Khan, Professor of Semitic Philology, University of Cambridge, UK |
Tuesday 8 September
| Morning Lecture | 9.30-12.30 | The quire and the codex |
| Afternoon practical | 2.30-4.00 | Identifying the quires of a manuscript |
| Guest Lecture | 4.30-6.00 | Didactics of Palaeography Professor Jan Just Witkam, Chair of Paleography and Codicology of the Islamic World, University of Leiden |
Wednesday 9 September
| Morning Lecture | 9.30-12.30 | Page and page settings |
| Afternoon practical | 2.30-4.00 | Preparing a manuscript description |
| Guest Lecture | 4.30-6.00 | Illumination in Islamic Manuscripts Dr Muhammad Isa Waley, Curator of Persian and Turkish Collections, British Library, UK |
Thursday 10 September
| Morning Lecture | 9.30-12.30 | Work and tools |
| Afternoon practical | 2.30-4.00 | Scripts and styles; Decorations in manuscripts |
| Guest Lecture | 4.30-6.00 | Illustrations and Miniatures in Islamic Manuscripts Dr Sheila Canby, Curator of Islamic Collections, Department of the Middle East, British Museum, UK |
Friday 11 September
| Morning Lecture | 9.30-12.30 | The history of the manuscript; from codicology to the history of the book |
| Afternoon practical | 2.30-4.00 | Looking at the binding |
| Guest Lecture | 4.30-6.00 | Beyond the codex: codicology in scholarship Professor Jan Just Witkam, Chair of Paleography and Codicology of the Islamic World, University of Leiden |