-Brief history of
scribes/scriptoria.
-Fall
of Rome yadda yadda
-Scribes had to
preserve information
-Translation
problems
-Clarity
problems
-Forgery
-Talking about lots
of things about historical texts. People used to write on cows, not ride,
write. Of course the cows were dead and the entire cow wasn't there, rather
simply the cow skin. So that's cool.
-Now she's talking
about Cicero and St. Augustine, I guess Cicero's writings were written over by
St. Augustine, what a jerk right? It's ok though, cause I guess there's a
process for getting to the info underneath using chemicals and what not.
-Papyrus lasts a
long time when it's dry. Like the Dead Sea Scrolls. Go figure, it was dry where
the dead sea is.
-So the big point is
that copying has an impact on what we read today...that took 2 seconds out of
this first 30 minutes.
-Scriptorium: They
used to write by candlelight...that must've been dangerous. Also, that must've
sucked.
-Annnnnnnd Legos.
-Apparently St.
Thomas had some unintelligible writing...yep, he had bad hand writing.
-I'm supposed to be
a serious scholar?
-Then there was a
snooty comment by the guy with delicately manicured hair
-Laborious charcoal
and lead...cebia? Helps with color. She tried making it with the kids, used
flower...no fruit with vinegar...haha kinda worked or something with the inks.
-PURPLE
MANUSCRIPTS!...and silver and gold...hella expensive bling. St. Augustine
didn't like that
-Some might
wonder...why care about critical edition?
-We
have critical editions like Kant and De Carte.
-I'm lost...A and B
versions of things.
-Our brains are
stunted.
-Start writing.
"Write something"-St. Louis
-It's like a
manuscript...write something….read something...add a little...figure out a
synthesis...put it in there.
-So the reflection
thing is a joke.
-Side note: she's
not serious about things in this class and is OK with not a lot of stuff. Are
you bubbling with information?
-If you love
philosophy, kids no worky.
-Look at ACPQ online
-Goal of the paper
is submit to a journal
