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antigraph

antigraph noun: a manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.

Noun

antigraph (plural antigraphs)

  1. A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
    • Following 1 above, it has been tacitly assumed that any manuscript book in C or R, irrespective of any change of antigraph, was equal to a manuscript text with uniform features, unless produced by more than one scribe, in which case the various parts were given separate treatment.1989, William Veder, Texts of Closed Tradition – The Key to the Manuscript Heritage of Old Rus’
    • …once grouped the manuscripts into families, copied manuscripts can be discarded; only their antigraphs are considered, in order to perform the next step.2010, Nadia Ambrosetti, The “Pervasive Imprecision” of Manuscript Tradition
  2. (obsolete) A copy or transcript.

Forms of antigraph

pluralantigraphs

Origin of antigraph

Borrowed from Latin antigraphum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίγραφον (antígraphon, “a transcribing”); compare French antigraphe.

Questions about antigraph

What does antigraph mean?
Antigraph means a manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
What part of speech is antigraph?
Antigraph is a noun.
What is the plural of antigraph?
The plural of antigraph is antigraphs.

Words near antigraph in the dictionary

  1. antigram
  2. antigrammatical
  3. antigrams
  4. antigranulocyte
  5. antigranuloma
  6. antigraph
  7. antigraphs
  8. antigrav
  9. antigravitate
  10. antigravitated
  11. antigravitates

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