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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ISBN 9789027273970 | EUR 120.00 | USD 180.00

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	vii
Part I: Methodological Approaches
Cladistics or the Resurrection of the Method of Lachmann Ben J.P. Salemans	3
Computer-Assisted Stemmatic Analysis and ‘Best-Text’ Historical Editing Peter Robinson	71
Shock Waves in Text Traditions Evert Wattel and Margot van Mulken	105
Clustering Stemmatological Trees Evert Wattel	123
Weighted Formal Support of a Pedigree Evert Wattel and Margot van Mulken	135
The Analysis of Early Islamic Traditions and Chains of Transmission Daan van Reenen	169
Part II: Subject-Related Observations
Medieval Dossiers and Modern Stemmas Hans Voorbij	209
Textual Incompatibility and Many-Pronged Stemmata William R. Veder	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	249
From Variant to Pedigree in the Charroi de Nîmes Pieter van Reenen and Lene Schøsler	263
Index	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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2020. In 2020 6th IEEE Congress on Information Science and Technology (CiSt), ► pp. 208 ff.

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Subjects

Linguistics

Historical linguistics

Literature & Literary Studies

Medieval literature & literary studies

BIC Subject: DSB – Literary studies: general

BISAC Subject: LIT000000 – LITERARY CRITICISM / General

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