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stemma3 CONSTRUCTSStemma (textual)PRICE · TEXTUAL CRITICISMStemma (entomology)CHAPMAN · ENTOMOLOGYStemmaMAAS · CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY

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textual criticism

The branching family tree of surviving manuscripts showing their descent from a lost common ancestor.

In textual criticism, stemma refers to The branching family tree of surviving manuscripts showing their descent from a lost common ancestor. This meaning comes from Maas (1972) in Textual criticism. Here stemma is not the cluster of simple lateral eyes (stemmata) of a larval insect, each a single-lens ocellus.[1]

Unit
a node (witness)
Recovery means
collation of shared errors and variants
Measured by
genealogical depth / number of witnesses

entomology

The cluster of simple lateral eyes (stemmata) of a larval insect, each a single-lens ocellus.

In entomology, stemma refers to The cluster of simple lateral eyes (stemmata) of a larval insect, each a single-lens ocellus. This meaning comes from Chapman (1998) in The insects: Structure and function. Here stemma is not the branching family tree of surviving manuscripts showing their descent from a lost common ancestor.[2]

Unit
a stemma (ocellus)
Recovery means
dissection / light microscopy of the larval head
Measured by
number of stemmata, angular acuity

Classical philology

the family tree of a text's manuscripts, reconstructed from the errors they share.

In classical philology, stemma refers to the family tree of a text's manuscripts, reconstructed from the errors they share. This meaning comes from Maas (1927/1958) in Textual criticism.[3]

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References

  1. Maas, P. (1972). Textual criticism (B. Flower, Trans.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198143184
  2. Chapman, R. F. (1998). The insects: Structure and function (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511818202
  3. Maas, P. (1958). Textual criticism (B. Flower, Trans.). Clarendon Press. (Original work published 1927) ISBN 9780198143185

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