This course seeks to equip students to work with Biblical, patristic, medieval and Renaissance Latin texts in various forms. The course presupposes some basic familiarity with Classical Latin (at least through introductory self-study). After a quick review of Latin morphology and grammar, the course explores the development of Latin by Christian authors, including Latin translations of the Bible, the western church fathers, medieval monasticism, liturgy and hymns, sermons, scholastic theology, Renaissance humanism, and post-Reformation Latin texts. The course includes work in systems of abbreviation typical of medieval Latin manuscripts and early modern printed editions, some limited work in reading different medieval and early modern hands (paleography), and consideration of the pre- modern book as an object (codicology). Participants are encouraged to identify texts of their own interest to workshop together with the group. (Cluster 1)

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