From Book to Text: Towards a Comparative History of Philologies.

Explains that the objective of a comparative history of philologies is the study of local, dated configurations where specific agents transformed the transmitted texts to preserve, correct or improve their literal form and their contents. Philology's origins from the time when the autonomy of the t...

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Publicado en:Diogenes Vol. 47; no. 186; pp. 4 - 23
Autor principal: Jacob, Christian
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 1999
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Sumario:Explains that the objective of a comparative history of philologies is the study of local, dated configurations where specific agents transformed the transmitted texts to preserve, correct or improve their literal form and their contents. Philology's origins from the time when the autonomy of the text in relation to the book was recognized; Copying of text from one medium to another.