Image of a weeping Israelite by the waters of Babylon

The Psalms and Their Illustration

MDVL 6000
Spring 2010

Course Calendar

Monday Wednesday
Jan 11
Prolegomena
Jan 13
The Hebrew Psalms I
reading: Pss. 1, 27, 39, 69, 81, 98, 110
Jan 18
NO CLASS
Martin Luther King Day
Jan 20
The Meaning of the Psalms
student reports
Jan 25
Studying Medieval Manuscripts
Jan 27
The Latin Psalms I
reading: McKinnon
Feb 1
The Latin Psalms II
student reports
Feb 3
Early Christian Exegesis I
Feb 8
Online Image Searching
guest: Miranda Howard
Waldo Classroom B
Feb 10
Early Christian Exegesis II
student reports
due: Dagulf Psalter transcription
Feb 15
Medieval Manuscripts of the Psalms
reading: Calkins
Waldo Rare Book Room
Feb 17
Utrecht Psalter I
reading: Noel, "Charades"
Waldo Rare Book Room
Feb 22
Utrecht Psalter II and the Durham Cassiodorus
reading: Brantley, Cochrane
Feb 24
The Psalms in Old English
guest: Dr. Patricia Hollahan
due: manuscript description I
Mar 1
NO CLASS
Spring Recess
Mar 3
NO CLASS
Spring Recess
Mar 8
Stuttgart Psalter

Waldo Rare Book Room
Mar 10
High Medieval Exegesis
guest: Prof. Theresa Gross-Diaz
reading: Gross-Diaz
Mar 15
Copies of the Utrecht Psalter I
reading: Noel, "Utrecht Psalter in England"
Mar 17
NO CLASS
due: revised manuscript description I
Mar 22
Copies of the Utrecht Psalter II
student reports
Mar 24
13th-century French Psalters
reading: Peterson
due: Landgraf Psalter transcription
Mar 29
Luttrell Psalter
reading: Sandler
Mar 31
Bible of San Luis I
due: manuscript description II
Apr 5
Medieval Psalters I
Apr 7
Bible of San Luis II
student reports
Waldo Rare Book Room
Apr 12
The Hebrew Psalms II
guest: Rabbi Harvey Spivak
Apr 14
Medieval Psalters II
student reports
due: revised manuscript description II
Apr 19
Illustrating the Psalms
student reports
Apr 21
Illustrating the Psalms
student reports
Tuesday, Apr 27, at 12:30 p.m.
Ersatz Final
due: term paper and final electronic copy of both manuscript descriptions