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Understanding �critical editions

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Critical apparatus: basic example (1/2)

ms. A

ms. B

ms. C

… ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis leniantur...

… ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis laniantur...

… ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis leniantur...

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Critical apparatus: basic example (2/2)

  • Text:

ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis leniantur(a)

  • Footnote:

a) leniantur] laniantur B

quoting the lemma | rejected reading | witness

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Critical apparatus: omissions (1/2)

ms. A

ms. B

ms. C

… ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis leniantur...

… ut dum spiritus reficitur _____ corporis leniantur...

… ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis leniantur...

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Critical apparatus: omissions (2/2)

  • Text:

ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores(a) corporis leniantur

  • Footnote:

a) dolores om. B

lemma | editorial explanation | witness

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Critical apparatus: additions (1/2)

ms. A

ms. B

ms. C

… ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis leniantur...

… ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis et mentis leniantur...

… ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis leniantur...

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Critical apparatus: additions (2/2)

  • Text:

ut dum spiritus reficitur dolores corporis(a) leniantur

  • Footnote:

a) corporis] et mentis add. B

lemma | rejected reading | ed. explanation | witness

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What are �the first 3 lines of this text �in ms. G?

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Sermo ad leprosos et ad infirmos, thema sumptum ex epistula Iacobi: �Sufficientiam Iob audistis et finem Domini uidistis.

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Sermo ad leprosos et ad infirmos, thema sumptum ex epistula Iacobi _____: �Sufficientiam Iob audistis et finem Domini uidistis.