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

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apparatus criticus

The apparatus criticus was a triumph of New Testament scholarship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

These lines of research have been described in the preceding section on the apparatus criticus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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

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)

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