apparatus criticus

American  

[ap-uh-rat-uhs krit-i-kuhs, -rey-tuhs, ahp-pah-rah-toos krit-i-koos] / ˌæp əˈræt əs ˈkrɪt ɪ kəs, -ˈreɪ təs, ˌɑp pɑˈrɑ tʊs ˈkrɪt ɪˌkʊs /

noun

1. supplementary information, as variant readings, added to a text to provide material for study or criticism.

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apparatus criticus British  

/ ˈkrɪtɪkəs /

noun

1. textual notes, list of variant readings, etc, relating to a document, esp in a scholarly edition of a text

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Etymology

Origin of apparatus criticus

1860–65; < New Latin: critical apparatus

Example Sentences

There came to him from Madrid, books, manuscripts, copies of official documents, and all the apparatus criticus which even the most exacting scholar could require.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston

The apparatus criticus is most fully described in O. Keller’s preface to vol. i. of the 2nd ed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Thus the book became a valuable apparatus criticus for the Danish student.

From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster

A glance at the apparatus criticus of a few editions of classics will show that often a fifteenth-century MS. ranks high among the authorities for the text.

From The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)

Before beginning the work Grundtvig had every available version, whether in public or private hands, at his disposal, so that he had a magnificent apparatus criticus.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora