Introduction to Working with Manuscripts for Medievalists
Publisher: Gorgias Press, LLC
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
ISBN-13: 9781463206437
Subjects: Manuscripts; Transmission of texts
Description: "A short guide for studying, editing and translating medieval texts in manuscript form, outlining the technical steps for preparing a medieval manuscript for print: evaluating and describing the manuscript itself (transmission, provenance, and physical description), textual criticism (reconstruction, emendation, authenticity, dating, and authorship), and steps to preparing an edition or translation."--