A Classification of Manuscripts Based on A New Quantitative Method. The Old Latin Witnesses of John's Gospel as Text Case

A new method for grouping manuscripts in clusters is presented with the calculation of distances between readings, then between witnesses. A classification algorithm (" Hierarchical Ascendant Clustering "), achieved through computer-aided processing, enables the construction of trees illus...

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Published in:Journal of data mining and digital humanities Vol. Special Issue on...; no. Managing different types of...
Main Author: Pastorelli, David
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: INRIA 21.10.2017
Nicolas Turenne
Subjects:
[shs.relig] humanities and social sciences/religions
[shs.stat] humanities and social sciences/methods and statistics
gospel of john
Humanities and Social Sciences
latin witnesses
Methods and statistics
Religions
Gospel of John
latin witnesses
Manuscripts
ISSN:2416-5999, 2416-5999
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Summary:A new method for grouping manuscripts in clusters is presented with the calculation of distances between readings, then between witnesses. A classification algorithm (" Hierarchical Ascendant Clustering "), achieved through computer-aided processing, enables the construction of trees illustrating the textual taxonomy obtained. This method is applied to the Old Latin witnesses of the Gospel of John, and, in order to provide a study of a reasonable size, to a chapter as a whole (chapter 14). The result basically confirms the text-types identified by Bonatius Fischer, founder of the Vetus Latina Institute, while it invalidates the classification adopted by the current edition of the Vetus Latina of the Gospel of John.
ISSN:2416-5999
2416-5999
DOI:10.46298/jdmdh.3783