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Course: Calligraphy and Miniature III

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Course title Calligraphy and Miniature III
Course code ARPKVD/KAM3
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kopáčik Ivan, MgA.
  • Slovik Radomír, Mgr. BcA.
  • Havranová Lucia, MgA.
Course content
Preparing and accomplishing copies of historical manuscripts

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
Subject objectives consist in getting knowledge and skills in the history of writing, calligraphy, book illumination and miniature.
Students are capable of applying knowledge and skills within the history of written culture and book illumination required for a restorer profession specialized in book culture work.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Work-related product analysis

Product evaluation of work of the student in the studio.
Recommended literature
  • Bohatcová M. Česká kniha v proměnách staletí. Praha, 1990.
  • Ďurovič M. a kol. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Paseka, 2002.
  • Elisabeth, W. F., ED. Artists´pigments:a handbook of their history and characteristics.. Washington, 2012.
  • CH. de Hamel. Scribes and illuminators. Londýn, 1994.
  • Kopáč L. Knížka o knihách. Praha, 1939.
  • Krása J. České iluminované rukopisy 13. - 16. století. Praha: Odeon, 1990.
  • Matějček A. Ilustrace. Praha, 1931.
  • Morrison, E., Hedeman, E., Antoine. Imagining the past in France: history in manuscript painting, 1250 - 1500. Los Angeles, 2010.
  • Rambousek J. Slovník a receptář malíře grafika. Praha, 1954.
  • Stejskal K.-Voit P. Iluminované rukopisy. Praha, 1991.
  • Šimůnková E. - Karhan J. Pigmenty, barviva a metody jejich identifikace. Praha: VŠCHT, 1993.
  • Tobolka Z. Kniha. Praha, 1949.
  • Whitley, K. P. The gilded page: the history and technique of manuscript gilding.. London, 2010.


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University of Pardubice, date of update: 16.03.2026 23:51. Data created for academic year 2025/2026