Studies in Stemmatology

Editors

Pieter van Reenen | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Margot van Mulken | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Assistant

Janet Dyk | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Hardbound – Available

ISBN 9789027221537 (Eur) | EUR 120.00

ISBN 9781556195075 (USA) | USD 180.00

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This volume contains ten papers selected from among those presented at the annual Free University Stemmatological Colloquia 1990-93. Current issues in (automated) stemmatology, paleography and codicology are addressed from contemporary theoretical perspectives. All papers focus on new directions in textuology and manuscript affiliation, and especially on the use of computer science in this field.

The theoretical implications of computer-assisted stemma construction are explored. In combination with achievements in codicology and paleography, these investigations allow for dealing with the major problems in textuology: extreme complex and entangled manuscript traditions.

Following an introductory chapter, part 1 presents six theoretical contributions on stemmatology, and part 2 deals with auxiliary fields in textuology, such as codicology and paleography. In part 3 applications of the previously developed fields are presented.

[Not in series, 79] 1996. xvi, 311 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.79

Table of Contents

Prologue

Pieter van Reenen and Margot van Mulken | p. vii

Part I: Methodological Approaches

Cladistics or the Resurrection of the Method of Lachmann

Ben J.P. Salemans | p. 3

Computer-Assisted Stemmatic Analysis and ‘Best-Text’ Historical Editing

Peter Robinson | p. 71

Shock Waves in Text Traditions

Evert Wattel and Margot van Mulken | p. 105

Clustering Stemmatological Trees

Evert Wattel | p. 123

Weighted Formal Support of a Pedigree

Evert Wattel and Margot van Mulken | p. 135

The Analysis of Early Islamic Traditions and Chains of Transmission

Daan van Reenen | p. 169

Part II: Subject-Related Observations

Medieval Dossiers and Modern Stemmas

Hans Voorbij | p. 209

Textual Incompatibility and Many-Pronged Stemmata

William R. Veder | p. 233

Part III: Applications to Manuscript Traditions

Which Variants are Useful in Discovering the Deep Structure of the Manuscript Tradition of a Text?

Karl-Heinz Uthemann | p. 249

From Variant to Pedigree in the Charroi de Nîmes

Pieter van Reenen and Lene Schøsler | p. 263

Index | p. 305

“We have only begun to scratch the surface of the many ways the computer could help our linguistic research. Books like this open our eyes to the possibilities. Anyone with an interest in the field of manuscript traditions could enjoy and benefit from the fresh perspectives presented in this book.”

Alan Buseman in “Notes on Linguistics 83, 1998”

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Subjects

Linguistics

Historical linguistics

Literature & Literary Studies

Medieval literature & literary studies

Main BIC Subject

DSB: Literary studies: general

Main BISAC Subject

LIT000000: LITERARY CRITICISM / General

ONIX Metadata

ONIX 2.1

ONIX 3.0

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 96000665 | Marc record