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stemmatology

DEFINITIONS OF: stemmatology

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n the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis)

“stemmatology also plays an important role in musicology”
Synonyms:
stemmatics
Type of:
arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
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