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| 1 | //Emendatio// (“correction”) is the second major stage of the so-called [[Lachmannian method>>doc:stemmatology.Lachmann’s method]] of textual restoration (//[[constitutio textus>>doc:stemmatology.Constitutio textus.WebHome]]//), placed between //[[recensio>>doc:stemmatology.Recensio.WebHome]]// and //[[dispositio>>doc:stemmatology.Dispositio.WebHome]]//. Based on the assumption that the copying process of a text spoils its original content and language, //emendatio// consists of correcting the “errors” and “corruptions” which the editor has detected as a result of //recensio//. | ||
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| 3 | Broadly speaking, //emendatio// can be mechanical – when it is carried out //ope codicum//, that is by choosing the “correct” readings only on the basis of the reconstructed //stemma codicum[[ >>doc:stemmatology.Stemma.WebHome]]//(technically this stage is still part of //recensio[[doc:stemmatology.Recensio.WebHome]]//) – or by judgement – when it is carried out //ope ingenii// and the editor restores the “original” readings either conjecturally (//[[divinatio>>doc:stemmatology.Divinatio.WebHome]]//) or according to internal criteria like //[[lectio difficilio>>doc:stemmatology.Lectio difficilior, lectio potior.WebHome]]//r, //[[usus scribendi>>doc:stemmatology.Usus scribendi.WebHome]]//, as well as any other peculiarities ascribed to the potential author of the work, the language variety he/she presumably used or the alleged period of composition (//[[selectio>>doc:stemmatology.Selectio.WebHome]]//). Sometimes the reconstructed reading is obtained by combining variants that are only partially correct (//[[combinatio>>doc:stemmatology.Combinatio.WebHome]]//). Cf. Avalle (1972, p. 116). | ||
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| 5 | ==== References ==== | ||
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| 7 | – Avalle, D’Arco Silvio. 1972. //Princìpî// di critica testuale. Padova: Antenore. | ||
| 8 | – Maas, Paul. 1960. //Textkritik//. 4th ed. Leipzig: Teubner. – First ed. 1927. | ||
| 9 | – (% style="color: rgb(33,32,99);" %)Wettlaufer, Ryan Donald. 2013 //No longer written: the use of conjectural emendation in the restoration of the text of the New Testament, the Epistle of James as a case study.// Leiden: Brill. (%%) | ||
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| 11 | ==== In other languages ==== | ||
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| 13 | GE: //emendatio// (the Latin term refers to the whole process), Emendation | ||
| 14 | FR: //emendatio,// //correction//. | ||
| 15 | IT: //emendatio// (the Latin term refers to the whole process), emendamento per congettura. | ||
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