Improved distance measures for 'fixed-content miscellanies': an adaptation for the collections of sayings of the desert fathers and mothers.
Collections of sayings of the desert fathers and mothers are extant in manuscripts in many languages and are organized differently. They are 'fixed-content miscellanies' (FCM): they include material that belongs to the same genre, but is variable both when it comes to appearance and order. Distance...
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