Monday, 1 June 2026
  
09.30 h.  Nuria de Castilla. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études-PSL. Paris                                                                       Introduction. About the Importance of the Codicological Studies
11.30 h.   Break
12.00 h.   François Déroche. Collège de France. Paris
                 Writing surfaces: Parchment and Paper.
16.00 h.   Nuria de Castilla
                  Writing surfaces II: Western Paper
                  The Codex and its Gatherings
 
Tuesday, 2 June 2025
 
09.30 h.   Nuria de Castilla
                 The basis of Codex Composition
11.30 h.   Break
12.00 h.   François Déroche
                  Inks and Arabic Paleography
16.00 h.    Hands-on session (2 hours): How to Observe and Describe an Arabic Manuscript
                  Nuria de Castilla and François Déroche
 
Wednesday, 3 June 2025
 
10.00 h.   Visit to the Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
12.30 h.   Work in the library. Free time
16.00 h.   Hands-on session (2 hours): Towards a History of the Arabic Manuscript
                 Nuria de Castilla and François Déroche
 
 Thursday, 4 June 2025
 
09.30 h.   François Déroche
                 Layout and Decoration of Manuscripts
11.30 h.   Break
12.00 h.   Nuria de Castilla
                 Arabic Bindings 
16.00 h.  Hands-on session (2 hours): Bookbinders at Work
                 François Déroche and Nuria de Castilla
 
Friday, 5 June 2025
 
10.00 h.  Jaime Sepulcre (Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial)
               The Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial and its Manuscript Collections
11.00 h.  François Déroche
                 Notes and Colophons. History of Manuscripts
12.30 h.  Closing session and diploma delivery