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apparatus criticus

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apparatus criticus [ˈkrɪtɪkəs]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) textual notes, list of variant readings, etc., relating to a document, esp in a scholarly edition of a text
[Latin: critical apparatus]
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The apparatus criticus is particularly rich; it mentions not only the variant readings recorded in the various families of manuscripts, but also the readings of the most recent manuscripts.
P.F. Moretti: La Passio Anastasiae: introduzione, testo critico, ... by Ramelli, Ilaria L.E. / Ancient Narrative
But all readers are well-served by her thorough editing: apparatus criticus and explanatory notes following each of the 163 letters in the first volume, and a 300-page repertoire of biographical and bibliographical entries on all the persons and books to whom and to which Pinelli and Dupuy refer in the second.
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli and Claude Dupuy. Une correspondance entre deux ... by McCuaig, William / Renaissance Quarterly
Lowe's work contained textual notes, though when one takes into account his butchery of the text, these can hardly be considered either apparatus criticus or authoritative commentary.
J.R. Morgan: Longus: Daphnis and Chloe by Jones, Meriel / Ancient Narrative
 
 
 
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