stemmatics
/stəˈmætɪks/
stemmatics noun: the study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with the aim of reconstructing a lost original.
Noun
stemmatics (uncountable)
- The study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with the aim of reconstructing a lost original.
- In other words, they must carry out an operation similar to the collations required by Lachmannian stemmatics, after which they must make a critical (i.e., subjective) choice. And, when constituting the text, they do not just slavishly copy their source, obvious errors included; their editions...2004, Conor Fahy, “Old and New in Italian Textual Criticism”, in Raimonda Modiano, Leroy Searle, Peter L. Shillingsburg, editors, Voice, Text, Hypertext: Emerging Practices in Textual Studies, page...
- Synonyms:
- stemmatology
Synonyms of stemmatics
Origin of stemmatics
From stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμματα (stémmata, “family trees, genealogy”).
Words that rhyme with stemmatics
Questions about stemmatics
- What does stemmatics mean?
- Stemmatics means the study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with the aim of reconstructing a lost original.
- What part of speech is stemmatics?
- Stemmatics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stemmatics?
- Stemmatics is pronounced /stəˈmætɪks/.
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