Deciphering Secrets: Unlocking Manuscripts of Medieval Spain
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:54 pm
https://www.coursera.org/course/medievalspain (more at link)In this course students will explore the history of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in late medieval, fifteenth century Spain. Serving as citizen-scholars, students will learn about the positive and negative elements of inter-religious co-existence in Plasencia, Spain, and more importantly, contribute to an international scholarly effort by helping transcribe manuscripts. ... In this specific course, students will: (1) study the history of medieval Spain and the community of Plasencia, (2) explore the world of medieval manuscripts and texts, (3) learn to read historical documents, and (4) transcribe and evaluate these documents. ...
Coursera is one of the online education resources which are free to access with a registered account. You can follow the full course curriculum to earn an unofficial (eg: no continuing ed credits) certificate of achievement or just watch the videos and/or reading lessons.
I have no idea how the transcription/interpretation portions of the course are structured.