Phenomena
A set of notations designed to describe the state of the textual tradition, the condition of the support, and the variations that occurred during the genesis or transmission of the text.
| Construct | Definition | General Reference |
|---|---|---|
Vacat | A space intentionally left empty by the inscriber of the text, not due to a loss of the support, but for purposes of layout or textual distinction. | 🔎 Plain |
Gap | Physical losses of the support that resulted in the disappearance of portions of the original text; the extent of the loss can be certain, estimated, or unknown. | 🔎 Gap |
Fracture | Breaks in the inscribed support, with the Fracture indicated after which the text is present, without providing any details about the text that follows. | 🔎 Fracture |
Unclear | Signs remaining on the support but difficult to read due to physical degradation or poor preservation. | 🔎 Unclear |
Supplied | Signs no longer visible or never inscribed, critically restored by the editor to recover the meaning of the text. | 🔎 Supplied |
PreviousSeen | Signs, gaps, or epigraphic phenomena no longer visible through direct autopsy on the support, but documented in earlier scholarly editions or notebooks. | 🔎 PreviousSeen |
Omitted | Signs, white spaces, or line breaks added by the editor because the inscriber of the text either omitted them or mistakenly inscribed other characters in their place. | 🔎 Omitted |
Surplus | Signs inscribed by error which the editor considers should not be part of the text and are therefore expunged. | 🔎 Surplus |
Erasure | Signs or portions of text intentionally removed from the support in antiquity by scraping or chiselling. | 🔎 Erasure |
Addition | Signs, words, or portions of text added to the support at a later time than the original drafting, often by a different hand. | 🔎 Addition |
Correction | Corrective interventions on the support consisting in the erasure of pre-existing signs and their replacement with new ones, carried out at a later time than the original drafting, often by a different hand. | 🔎 Correction |
Ligature | Two or more letters whose strokes have been merged or joined by the inscriber into a single graphic sign, usually sharing a common stem. | 🔎 Ligature |
Abbreviation | Phenomena relating to words or formulas abbreviated by the inscriber, including abbreviation marks, omitted letters, and the critical expansion (or resolution) provided by the editor. | 🔎 Abbreviation |
LexicalUnit | #logogram-meta.desc | 🔎 LexicalUnit |