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stemmatics

/stɛˈmæt.ɪks/

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noun

C2formalcommonscientific/stɛˈmæt.ɪks/

uncountable

A field of study within textual criticism that reconstructs the transmission history of a text, especially in manuscript form, by analyzing relationships between surviving copies, sometimes using cladistic methods.

  • 🇷🇺Область исследования в рамках текстологии, которая реконструирует историю передачи текста, особенно в рукописной форме, путем анализа взаимосвязей между сохранившимися копиями, иногда с использованием кладистических методов.
  1. Textual criticism method C2 formal

    The humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text, especially a manuscript, by analyzing relationships between surviving copies, sometimes using cladistic analysis.

    • Stemmatics is used to trace the history of ancient manuscripts.
    • Scholars applied stemmatics to reconstruct the original version of the poem.
    • The discipline of stemmatics relies on comparing variant readings across different copies.

    🇷🇺Метод текстологической критики

    Synonyms: stemmatology