HyperDic: stemmatology

English > 1 sense of the word stemmatology:
NOUNcognitionstemmatology, stemmaticsthe humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text / text (especially a text / text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis)
English > stemmatology: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text / text (especially a text / text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis).
Example"stemmatology also plays an important role in musicology"
Synonymstemmatics
Broaderhumanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, artsstudies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
Spanishstemmática

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