Tampering and Alteration in Ancient Manuscripts
Document Type : pajoohesh
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10.22081/jap.2024.75860
Abstract
Text editing, in whatever manner it may be, is based on the manuscript or manuscripts, and the editor's departure from the basic recorded manuscripts is only permissible and acceptable when the editor's choice corrects a clear error in the text, is confirmed by evidence from the text, and is consistent with the language and subject matter of the text. However, sometimes reliance on consistent recordings of manuscripts, the deception of incorrect recordings, and consequently the acceptance of distorted and altered forms have led to the researcher's precise view and point of understanding deviating from the original, resulting in a phrase or verse with the same erroneous form being inserted into the text. In this article, the author provides several examples of errors that have occurred due to tampering and alteration in manuscripts and have been overlooked by the editors; examples from "Kalīla wa-Dimna," the "Divan of Ẓahīr Fāriyābī," Kulliyāt (Complete Works) of Sa'dī," and "Tārīkh-e Jahāngushā" by Juveinī.
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