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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İTS514 - İSLAM TARİHİ VE SANATLARI(TEZLİ YÜKSEK LİSANS)

Code: İTS514 Course Title: PALEOGRAPHY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department İSLAM TARİHİ VE SANATLARI(TEZLİ YÜKSEK LİSANS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer KADİR ERBİL (kadirerbil@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) KADİR ERBİL, İDRİS SÖYLEMEZ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To help them understand how these writing systems developed within historical and cultural contexts.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 This course aims to help students recognize ancient writing types and develop their reading skills. PO-1 History and arts of Islam develops and deepens his/her knowledge in the same or a different field at the level of expertise based on undergraduate level qualifications in the field.
PO-3 Uses the resources in the History and arts of Islam field effectively based on undergraduate level qualifications.
Examination
LO-2 This course aims to develop the ability to analyze manuscripts from the Ottoman and Seljuk periods. PO-1 History and arts of Islam develops and deepens his/her knowledge in the same or a different field at the level of expertise based on undergraduate level qualifications in the field.
Examination
LO-3 This course aims to enhance the skills needed to understand and interpret the historical context of ancient texts. PO-1 History and arts of Islam develops and deepens his/her knowledge in the same or a different field at the level of expertise based on undergraduate level qualifications in the field.
PO-3 Uses the resources in the History and arts of Islam field effectively based on undergraduate level qualifications.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course includes understanding the changes of ancient writing systems throughout historical processes and their various cultural interactions.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Concept of Paleography and Its Relation to Other Related Fields expression
2 Reading Hadiths Written in Calligraphy application
3 Characteristics of Handwritten Texts application
4 Examples of Writing in Ottoman Bureaucracy application
5 Thuluth, Naskh, Riq‘a, Ta‘liq, and Muhaqqaq Scripts application
6 Ta'liq, Diwani, Jeli Diwani, and Siyakat Scripts application
7 Hijri/Lunar Months and Their Symbols application
8 mid-term exam
9 Letter Examples application
10 Court Records Examples 1 application
11 Court Records Examples 2 application
12 Examples of Firmans 1 application
13 Examples of Firmans 2 application
14 Examples of Foundation Charters application
15 Other Archival Documents application
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Gökbilgin. T. (1992). Osmanlı Paleografyası ve Diplomatik İlmi. İstanbul. Ebderun Kitabevi
2 Aktan. A. (1995). Osmanlı Paleografyası ve Siyasi Yazışmalar. istanbul. İlim ve İrfan Vakfı Yayınları
Required Course instruments and materials
Photographs and copies of historical inscriptions. Photocopies or replicas of manuscripts. Documents about ancient writing systems.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 9 36
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 8 32
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 8 32
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 9 36
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180