text (source)

source text–the earliest text containing any given textual feature.

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source text. The earliest document containing any given textual feature.

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Quelle Schriftliche, bildliche oder akustische Vorlagen, die ein Autor für die Erarbeitung eines Textes oder Werks herangezogen und ausgewertet hat.

(Plachta 1997, 138)

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Source text. The handwritten, typed, printed, or otherwise recorded document that is the basis for the editorial text.

(Kline 1998, 273)

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