Textual Criticism Example

HUM 3223

Fall 2024

Psalm 93, English Revised Version (1885)

ExemplarScribeNotes
ms 1 missing, so corruptions could have been introduced by either scribe 1 or scribe 2

words divided

haplography (accidental omission) of "HE", probably caused by previous "H"

graphical confusion: B → R

graphical confusion: R → F

stray mark(?) before k

graphical confusion: LI → U

graphical confusion: B → R

substitution of more common word EVERYONE for less common EVERMORE

UC → UC+LC

"apparelled" → "aparelied"

haplography of "d"

second part of word moved to previous line

"O LORD" → "or Lord" (substition of more common OR for less common O)

period and comma introduced

correction (accurate): stray line removed in "breakers"

"sea" moved to previous line

nonsense word "Houness" replaced by different nonsense words "I touness"
correction: nonsense word "appaelied" replaced by real word "appalled"

correction of archaic spelling "stablished" with more common "established"

graphic confusion: d → e

correction (accurate): "their" for nonsense word "theif"

graphical confusion: "thy" (read as "& my") → "and my"

"scribe" omitted in header

haplography: dropped "y"

comma omitted

ms 7 missing, so corruptions could have been introduced by either scribe 7 or scribe 8

scribal identifier moved to left

different stanza structure on some lines introduced

double p replaced by single p in two words (spelling correction?)

correction: "or" → "oh"

period removed

correction: "o" → "oh"

no changes, but note short vertical extension of letter "h", so that "h" and "n" are virtually identical
graphical confusion: "oh" → "on" twice
indentations at start of several lines

correction: "apalled" → "appalled"

repetition of phrase "that it cannot remove thy throne is established" because of parablepsis in reverse direction

periods added twice

comparison of original with 11th generation copy