stemmatology
/ˌstɛməˈtɑlədʒi/
noun
- The branch of study that deals with the relationships between different versions of a text, especially by constructing family trees (stemmas) of manuscripts.
- Advances in digital stemmatology allow computers to help compare ancient documents.
- He wrote a book on stemmatology that is used by many universities.
- Stemmatology helps editors decide which version of a medieval text is most reliable.