Course: Sigilography and Heraldry

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Course title Sigilography and Heraldry
Course code KHI/XASH
Organizational form of instruction Not filled in + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Oppeltová Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
After into avialable literature, history and terminology of the fields students will be introduced into the rules for the blazonry of the coats of arms (shiled, helmet, crest etc.) with focus on the particular sights. Some lectures on the various types of coats of arms and legal aspects will follow. The following seminars itroduce the avialable literature, history and terminology of sphragistics, students will be taught to describe a seal. In sphragistics theoretical lectures will be supplemented by the typology of seals and legal aspects of using it. HF

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Training in job and motor Skils
Learning outcomes
Introduction into both fields and gaining practice in blazonry of coats of arms and description of seals as historical sources. HF
Orientation in the terminology, literature and history of the filds, knowledge of rules for blazonry of the coats of arms and description of the seals. HF
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisities. HF

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance

A credit: Blazonry of the coats of arms and description of the seal. Oral exams consists of the curriculum of lectures and information covered by avialable literature. HF
Recommended literature
  • Buben, M.:. Encyklopedie heraldiky. Praha 1999.
  • Kolář, M. - Sedláček, A. Českomoravská heraldika. Praha 1902-1925. Praha .
  • Král z Dobré Vody . (1900). Heraldika . Praha .
  • Krejčík, T. (1998). Pečeť v kultuře středověku. Ostrava: Tilia.
  • Krejčíková, J., & Krejčík, T. (1987). Základy heraldiky, genealogie a sfragistiky. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství.
  • Krejčíková J., Krejčík T. (1989). Úvod do české sfragistiky. Ostrava.
  • Lobkowicz, F. (1995). Encyklopedie řádů a vyznamenání. Praha .
  • Philippi, F. (1914). Siegel. Leipzig - Berlin.
  • Schwarzenberg Karel. (2007). Heraldika : heraldika čili přehled její theorie se zřetelem k Čechám na vývojovém základě. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archival Works (2015) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -