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Meaning of stemma codicum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈstɛməˈkəʊdɪkəm

Definitions

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.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

stemmatics stemmatologist stemmatology stemme Stemmed stemmer

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