Gianfranco Contini at work (3)

Gianfranco Contini, list of loci critici of the Roman de la rose.
Florence, Fondazione E. Franceschini – Archivio G. Contini, S4.F192.9

For long texts such as the Rose, the comparative study of variants is usually limited to defined passages of the text, called loci critici.

Image courtesy of Fondazione Ezio Franceschini.

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