COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PALEOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6301 PALEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Islamic Histroy and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Islamic Histroy and Arts

Course Objective

To read Ottoman Turkish manuscripts and to learn the ways of benefiting from these documents as a source in researches

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describes the term of Paleography
2   Learns archival sources and their types
3   Apprehends the value of sources and manuscripts
4   Differentiates the written documents used in Ottoman archives
5   Reads the manuscripts and documents

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definiton and explanation of Palaeography
2 The relation of Paleography with other scientific branches
3 Science of Ottoman Diplopmatic and its emergence
4 Signs which are used in the documents
5 The documents of State and Sultans
6 The types of Papers
7 Types of the writings used in Ottoman Turkish
8 Midterm exam
9 Sülüs ve Nesih
10 Muhakkak ve Reyhani
11 Tevki ve Rika
12 Divani ve celi divani
13 Talik ve Rika yazıları
14 Vakfiyeler

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Osmanlı Paleografyası I, Haz. Süheyl Beken, AÜDTCF yay., 1975.
2. Gökbilgin, Tayyip, Osmanlı Paleografya ve Diplomatik Ilmi, Istanbul 1979
3. Yazır, Mahmud B. (1978): Eski Yazıları Okuma Anahtarı, Ankara.
4. Baltacı, C. (1989): Islam Paleografyası, Istanbul: MÜ. Ilahiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları.
5. Kütükoğlu, M.S. (1998): Osmanı Belgelerinin Dili (Diplomatik), Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question and answer, assignment and practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, assignment and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.154
LO.244
LO.345
LO.45
LO.55