Antigraph
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
"Following 1 above, it has been tacitly assumed that any manuscript book in C or R, irrespective of any change of antigraph, was equal to a manuscript text with uniform features, unless produced by more than one scribe, in which case the various parts were given separate treatment."
- 2 A copy or transcript. obsolete
Example
More examples"Following 1 above, it has been tacitly assumed that any manuscript book in C or R, irrespective of any change of antigraph, was equal to a manuscript text with uniform features, unless produced by more than one scribe, in which case the various parts were given separate treatment."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antigraphum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίγραφον (antígraphon, “a transcribing”); compare French antigraphe.
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