Het Atlantis van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek: Een schatting van het tekstverlies met methodes uit de ecodiversiteit

TY - JOUR

T1 - Het Atlantis van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek

T2 - Een schatting van het tekstverlies met methodes uit de ecodiversiteit

AU - Kestemont, Mike

AU - Karsdorp, F.B.

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - It is well known that the study of historical literature is impeded by the incom- plete transmission of sources: due to a century-long loss of sources, inevitably, a large number of texts is no longer known to us. As such, our current perspective on the literary diversity of the past is probably underestimating the actual wealth of texts that once existed. Statistical methods from eco-diversity can assist us in adjusting this esti- mate in a quantitative and precise manner. Applied to Middle Dutch chivalric epics, these methods suggest that prior estimates of text loss may be too conservative: the methods estimate that up to half of the original texts have been lost (and possibly many more).

AB - It is well known that the study of historical literature is impeded by the incom- plete transmission of sources: due to a century-long loss of sources, inevitably, a large number of texts is no longer known to us. As such, our current perspective on the literary diversity of the past is probably underestimating the actual wealth of texts that once existed. Statistical methods from eco-diversity can assist us in adjusting this esti- mate in a quantitative and precise manner. Applied to Middle Dutch chivalric epics, these methods suggest that prior estimates of text loss may be too conservative: the methods estimate that up to half of the original texts have been lost (and possibly many more).

KW - ecology

KW - diversity

KW - medieval literature

KW - text analysis

KW - bibliometrics

U2 - 10.2143/SDL.61.3.3287540

DO - 10.2143/SDL.61.3.3287540

M3 - Artikel

SN - 0038-7479

VL - 61

SP - 271

JO - Spiegel der Letteren

JF - Spiegel der Letteren

IS - 3

ER -