The Genesis of Lachmann's Method

by Sebastiano Timpanaro and Glenn W. Most

Until the modern period, the reproduction of written texts required manual transcription from earlier versions. This cumbersome process inevitably created errors and made it increasingly difficult to identify the original readings among multiple copies. Lachmann's method--associated with German classicist Karl Lachmann (1793-1851)--aimed to provide scholars with a scientific, systematic procedure to standardize the transmission of ancient texts. Although...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226804054
• ISBN13: 9780226804057
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"