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1 A //[[codex>>doc:stemmatology.Codex.WebHome]] descriptus// (plural //codices descripti//) is a copy of another (extant) [[manuscript>>doc:stemmatology.Manuscript.WebHome]]. Given two extant [[witnesses>>doc:stemmatology.Witness.WebHome]], A and B: if //[[recensio>>doc:stemmatology.Recensio.WebHome]]// demonstrates that B descends from A, which means that it contains all the errors of A plus at least one more [[doc:stemmatology.Eigenfehler.WebHome]] (cf. Maas 1960, § 8), i.e. one of a kind that does not imply a different filiation than A (cf. Timpanaro 1981, 120), B is a //codex descriptus// and therefore useless for the reconstruction of the [[archetype>>doc:stemmatology.Archetype.WebHome]]. Nonetheless, such a codex can provide important information as far as the history of textual transmission is concerned. It is often difficult to irrevocably prove that a codex is entirely a //descriptus//.
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3 In Latin //descriptus// means 'copied, transcribed' from the verb //de-scrībō//.
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5 ==== References ====
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7 – Maas, Paul. 1960. //Textkritik//. 4th ed. Leipzig: Teubner. – First ed. 1927.
8 – Timpanaro, Sebastiano. 1981. //La genesi del metodo del Lachmann//. 2nd ed. Padova: Liviana. – 1st ed., Firenze: Le Monnier, 1963.
9 – ———. 2005. //The Genesis of Lachmann’s Method//. Translated by Glenn W. Most. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. – Translated from Timpanaro 1981.
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11 ==== In other languages ====
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13 The Latin term is used throughout.
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