Corrupt

As Korruptele (from Latin corruptela , Corruption to corrumpere spoil 'also Korruptel ) is referred to in the textual criticism a corrupt passage whose sensitive or pressure is faulty and no longer be clarified. In the edition, it is either marked with a crux or replaced by a conjecture .

Web links

• Introduction to the edition philology of the University of Bamberg

literature

• Stephen Heyworth, Nigel Wilson : Text Corruption. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , Sp. 231-233.