An Introduction to Editing Manuscripts for Medievalists

Authors

János M. Bak, Central European University, BudapestFollow

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Description

A practical guide on the editing of medieval--mainly Latin--manuscripts for editors and users of MSS. It discusses basic issues of textual and manuscript transmission and contains guidelines for the description and textual analysis of manuscripts, the emendation and editing of texts, and a chapter on questions of translation and bi-lingual editions.

An updated and revised version is available in paperback from Gorgias Press: https://www.gorgiaspress.com/introduction-to-working-with-manuscripts-for-medievalists

Publisher

USU Libraries

Publication Date

2012

City

Logan, Utah

Keywords

Manuscript Description, Stemma, Emendation, Manuscript Transmission, Textual transmission, Editing Manuscripts, Bi-lingual Editions, Bi-lingual Editions, Textual criticism of Manuscripts

Disciplines

Medieval Studies

Comments

This work made electronically available on June 21, 2012

Recommended Citation

Bak, János M., "An Introduction to Editing Manuscripts for Medievalists" (2012). All Complete Monographs. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/lib_mono/1