Editor’s Blog

Posted on February 12th, 2024 in by Prabakaran Jayaraman

The purpose of having multiple versions of a text is to be able to compare (collate) them in order to sort out authorial changes from editorial, typist, or compositor changes.

The documents gathered during the Genealogical Research Process (especially correspondence) can help distinguish the source of the changes with the test.

All copies of the text are compared by individuals, teams, and by machine to discover and record any variations between them.

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