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Manuscript
book format

Manuscript

book format

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techniques of textual criticism

  • In textual criticism: Books transmitted in manuscript

    Nearly all classical and patristic texts, and a great many medieval texts, fall into this category. Every handwritten copy of a book is textually unique, and to that extent represents a separate edition of the text. Whereas the characteristic grouping of printed texts is…

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