Computer-assisted Methods of Stemmatic Analysis

Author / Editor
O'Hara, Robert,and Peter Robinson.

Title
Computer-assisted Methods of Stemmatic Analysis

Published
Norman Blake and Peter Robinson, eds. The 'Canterbury Tales' Project Occasional Papers, Volume I (Oxford: Office for Humanities Communication Publications, 1993), pp. 53-74.

Description
Discusses the application of computer-assisted cladistic analysis to manuscript stemmatics and describes the use of "Collate" software, designed to analyze and refine generalizations produced by cladistics. The essay details how texts of the Old Norse "Svipdagsmal" were used to test these techniques, describes their to-date applications to the "Canterbury Tales" Project, and notes plans for the future.

Contributor
Robinson, Peter.

Alternative Title
The 'Canterbury Tales' Project Occasional Papers, Volume I.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.