Antigraph
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antigraph is a noun meaning (textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
Meaning
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A copy or transcript.
Example Sentences
…once grouped the manuscripts into families, copied manuscripts can be discarded; only their antigraphs are considered, in order to perform the next step.
Following 1 above, it has been tacitly assumed that any manuscript book in C or R, irrespective of any change of antigraph, was equal to a manuscript text with uniform features, unless produced by more than one scribe, in which case the various parts were given separate treatment.
Word Forms
- antigraphs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include apograph, authograph, echographia, iconograph, archigrapheme, variograph.
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