recension
Critical text editing
A recension is a critical revision of a text, especially an ancient or classical work, based on careful examination of different manuscripts or sources.
Scholars produce recensions to establish the most accurate version of a text that has been copied and recopied over centuries: the standard recension of Homer's Iliad.
The term also refers to the revised text itself.
Original text before publication
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- scrollWound document of parchment
- palimpsestReused writing surface, traces remain
vellum · papyrus · folio · transcription · inscription · redaction · interpolation · gloss
Altering to improve
- emendationCorrection of written errors
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- amendmentChange to official text
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
collation · critical apparatus · editing · proofreading · markup · refinement · restoration · reconstruction
Annotated authoritative text version
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- bibliographyList of cited works
- apparatus criticusScholarly notes on textual variants
- monographSingle-topic scholarly work
dissertation · peer-reviewed · citation · footnote · methodology · academic · research · commentary
Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures
- AlexandrianOf a famed Egyptian city
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- JeromeName meaning sacred
- canonicalAccepted as standard
scriptural · testament · gospel · epistle · Torah
manuscript
Original text before publication
palimpsest · vellum · papyrus · folio · transcription · inscription · redaction · interpolation · gloss · annotation
revision
Altering to improve
- emendationCorrection of written errors
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- amendmentChange to official text
redaction · collation · critical apparatus · editing · proofreading · markup · refinement · restoration · reconstruction · comparison
critical edition
Annotated authoritative text version
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- bibliographyList of cited works
- apparatus criticusScholarly notes on textual variants
monograph · dissertation · peer-reviewed · citation · footnote · methodology · academic · research · commentary · exegesis
Septuagint
Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures
- AlexandrianOf a famed Egyptian city
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- JeromeName meaning sacred
canonical · scriptural · testament · gospel · epistle · Torah
recensionoriginal
First or inventive
urtext · archetype · autograph · prototype · source text