Monday, 3 June 2024
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, 4 June 2024
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, 5 June 2024
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, 6 June 2024
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, 7 June 2024
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