Director: Marc Smith, École Nationale des Chartes, Paris
This course will examine French manuscripts and archival materials from the 13th to the 17th century. Professor Smith will provide a summary outline of the history of handwriting in France, followed by intensive training in reading from facsimiles, both in class and at home. Students will become familiar with the development of handwriting as well as further aspects of written communication in the late-medieval and early-modern period.
Karen Adams, University of Pittsburgh
Brian Boosel, Catholic University of America
Ashley Brandenburg, Cornell University
Renée-Claude Breitenstein, Brock University
Stuart Cheney, Texas Christian University
Kathryn Gucer, Independent Scholar
Becca Havens, University of Texas
Jeff Kendrick, University of Kansas
Andreea Marculescu, Johns Hopkins University
Sylvia Elizabeth Mullins, Georgetown University
Sarah Nelson, University of Idaho
Eleanor Everett Pettus, University of Notre Dame
Rainbow Porthé, University of Chicago
Kathleen Sewright, Rollins College
Melanie Garcia Sympson, University of Michigan
This program is funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. See future institutes in English, French, Italian, and Spanish paleography.