Inprimatuak editatzen: deskribapen bibliografikoa eta testu-kritika Kapanagaren dotrinaren argitan

Abstract

In this paper we are going to work on the textual bibliography and the ways that this methodology shows us when editing printed texts in the period of manual press. To this end, we will explain what the Bibliographical Description is and show the importance that these descriptions can have when making a critical edition. An example of this will be Kapanaga’s Dotrina Christiana (1656) bibliographical description: we will make a commented description, explaining what information might appear, and how this data on the creation and the history of the book may affect the critical edition. In this way, we want to claim that Bibliographic Description is essential for a proper critical edition of the printed texts, because the conclusions that can be drawn from this are necessary.