Reconstructing the textual evolution of a medieval manuscript.

This article presents the results of the work on kundige bok, one of Göttingen's town records, containing late medieval town law. Due to the fact that this law was frequently subject to change, the text itself was revised over and over again, giving evidence for its frequent use and its dynamic natu...

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Publicado en:Literary & Linguistic Computing Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 319 - 328
Autor principal: Rehbein, Malte
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Sep2009
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