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Leithandschriftenprinzip

English translation: best-text principle

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German term or phrase:Leithandschriftenprinzip
English translation:best-text principle
Entered by: Armorel Young

08:03 Aug 3, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Early New High German literature
German term or phrase: Leithandschriftenprinzip
I'm perfectly clear what this is (Der Text wird nach dem Leithandschriftenprinzip ediert, d.h. er basiert auf dem Überlieferungszeugen, der als der am besten geeignete erkannt wurde) but is there an expert out there who can say what it is usually called in English? - I would expect "leading manuscript principle", but this doesn't get any Google hits.
Armorel Young
Local time: 12:16
best-text principle
Explanation:
This seems to be a term in use (but I´m certainly no expert).
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maq
Local time: 13:16
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This looks like what I want - thanks for tracking down the references.
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Summary of answers provided
4principle of stem manuscript
gangels (X)
2best-text principle
maq
1were edited as a function of the importance (significance) of the manuscript
Jonathan MacKerron


  

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best-text principle


Explanation:
This seems to be a term in use (but I´m certainly no expert).


    Reference: http://www.uwo.ca/english/florilegium/vol-xiii/portnoy.pdf
    Reference: http://www.pitt.edu/utimes/issues/28/83195/06.html
maq
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This looks like what I want - thanks for tracking down the references.
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were edited as a function of the importance (significance) of the manuscript


Explanation:
seems to be inferred here

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Note added at 4 hrs 12 mins (2004-08-03 12:15:12 GMT)
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perhaps the texts themselves could be referred to as \"specimens\"?

Jonathan MacKerron
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principle of stem manuscript


Explanation:
(which serves as some sort of matrix, according to which other texts are analyzed)

gangels (X)
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