STEMMATOLOGY
\stˌɛmɐtˈɒləd͡ʒi], \stˌɛmɐtˈɒlədʒi], \s_t_ˌɛ_m_ɐ_t_ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\
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the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladisitc analysis).
By Princeton University
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.