Introduction to Working with Manuscripts for Medievalists
Published on 21. February 2017
82 pages
978-1-4632-3726-4 (ISBN)
Description
A short guide for studying, editing and translating medieval texts in manuscript form, outlining the technical steps for preparing a medieval manuscript for print: evaluating and describing the manuscript itself (transmission, provenance, and physical description), textual criticism (reconstruction, emendation, authenticity, dating, and authorship), and steps to preparing an edition or translation.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Piscataway, NJ
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4632-3726-4 (9781463237264)
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Content
Abbreviations (vii) Preface (ix) Manuscripts (1) Manuscript Transmission (3) Provenance (6) Manuscript Description (9) Textual Criticism (21) External Criticism (21) Emendation (27) Internal Analysis (32) Editing (45) Choice of Text (45) Parts of an Edition (47) Translating (57) Text (58) Terminology (58) Personal Names (60) Place Names (61) Bibliography (63)
