Introduction to Working with Manuscripts for Medievalists

• Author(s): János M. Bak,
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Pages: 70
• ISBN_10: 1463206437
  ISBN_13: 9781463206437
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Antiques & Collectibles / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference , Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting , Literary Criticism / Books & Reading , Reference / General , Religion / Sermons / Christian ,

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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.