stemmata codicum

UK/ˈstɛmətəˈkəʊdɪkəm/

A form of stemma codicum — A schema, resulting from the stemmatological process of recension, in which all surviving manuscripts of a given text are represented with their derivation, via intermediary hyparchetypes, from a single archetype.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of stemma codicum

Origin

Latin: stemmata (nominative plural form of stemma) + cōdicum (genitive plural form of cōdex) = “pedigrees of codices”, “family trees of manuscripts”

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