How did he get *that* reading?? (Again) - Recensio 7

From one of the miracle stories of St Nicholas (BHL 6164), appended to John the Deacon.  The story so far.  St Nicholas has sneaked up on a gang of robbers who have looted a customs-house, which was left under the saint's protection.

Tunc dixit ad eos Sanctus Nicolaus, “O infelices...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2023/01/27/how-did-he-get-that-reading-again/

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Learning by doing again - Recensio part 6

I've now collated my Latin text - all 6 sentences of it - with 2 early editions and 24 manuscripts.  I have at least another 6-10 manuscripts accessible to me to collate.  

As I thought, this is a case where you have to learn by doing.  You have to attempt to collate the text and manuscripts, somehow, anyhow, just guessing how, in order to...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/31/learning-by-doing-again-recensio-part-6/

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Learning by Making a Collation - Recension part 5

I've commented before on "learning by doing", how you have to actually attempt something in order, not to do it, but to find out how to do it.  You never get it right first time, because when you make your first attempt, what you're actually learning is how not to do it.  When you try again, you know what to avoid.  Here are...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/24/learning-by-making-a-collation-recension-part-5/

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Getting Started With Collatex Standalone

Collatex seems to be the standard collation tool.  Unfortunately I don't much care for it.  Also interestingly, the web site does not actually tell you how to run it locally!  So here's a quick note.

Collatext is a Java program, so you must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed, for version 8 or higher.  I think Windows 10...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/05/20/getting-started-with-collatex/

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Getting Started With Collatex Standalone

Collatex seems to be the standard collation tool.  Unfortunately I don't much care for it.  Also interestingly, the web site does not actually tell you how to run it locally!  So here's a quick note.

Collatext is a Java program, so you must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed, for version 8 or higher.  I think Windows 10...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/05/20/getting-started-with-collatex/

#Collation #Computing #Python CollateX

It's starting to work! - Recension part 4

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/19/its-starting-to-work-recension-part-4/

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It's starting to work! - Recension part 4

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/19/its-starting-to-work-recension-part-4/

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O novam Jacob stropham! - Recensio part 3

The earliest printed editions of a text are often merely a printed version of some manuscript that the editor had to hand; or are based on a prior edition, plus readings from such a manuscript.  In some cases all the manuscripts were destroyed afterwards, and we only have the printed edition.  This is the case with  Velleius...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/19/o-novam-jacob-stropham-recensio-part-3/

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O novam Jacob stropham! - Recensio part 3

The earliest printed editions of a text are often merely a printed version of some manuscript that the editor had to hand; or are based on a prior edition, plus readings from such a manuscript.  In some cases all the manuscripts were destroyed afterwards, and we only have the printed edition.  This is the case with  Velleius...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/19/o-novam-jacob-stropham-recensio-part-3/

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Inventa ergo... Or maybe not - Recensio, part 2.

Time to plunge into the text and see if I can find any errors in the manuscripts that might help me divide them up into families.

When I was collating the text of John the Deacon's Life of St Nicholas, I came across a passage, which is interesting for the sheer number of textual variants, for the first word of...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/06/inventa-ergo-or-maybe-not-recensio-part-2/

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Inventa ergo... Or maybe not - Recensio, part 2.

Time to plunge into the text and see if I can find any errors in the manuscripts that might help me divide them up into families.

When I was collating the text of John the Deacon's Life of St Nicholas, I came across a passage, which is interesting for the sheer number of textual variants, for the first word of...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/06/inventa-ergo-or-maybe-not-recensio-part-2/

#Collation #Textual criticism #Recensio

How to Compare Manuscripts - Recensio part 1

The Latin text that I am working on has never had a critical edition.  I am actually not sure what the author wrote at points, because the editions differ so much.  What to do?

These days we have lots of manuscripts online.  But ... how do we go about comparing them?  Where do we start?

Googling has not produced...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/05/how-to-compare-manuscripts-recensio-part-1/

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How to Compare Manuscripts - Recensio part 1

The Latin text that I am working on has never had a critical edition.  I am actually not sure what the author wrote at points, because the editions differ so much.  What to do?

These days we have lots of manuscripts online.  But ... how do we go about comparing them?  Where do we start?

Googling has not produced...

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/05/how-to-compare-manuscripts-recensio-part-1/

#Collation #Textual criticism #Recensio