Apparatus criticus
supplementary information, as variant readings, added to a text to provide material for study or criticism.
historical examples
it corrects details and adds a m-ss of apparatus criticus equal in bulk to the whole original work, but supplies no new ideas.
the evolution of states j. m. robertson
the apparatus criticus was a triumph of new testament scholarship.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 6, slice 7 various
these lines of research have been described in the preceding section on the apparatus criticus.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 3, slice 7 various
noun
textual notes, list of variant readings, etc, relating to a doc-ment, esp in a scholarly edition of a text
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