General introductions
- J. M. Bak: An introduction to Editing Manuscripts for Medievalists
- Open-access version: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/lib_mono/?utm_source=digitalcommons.usu.edu%2Flib_mono%2F1&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages
- Updated and revised version: https://www.gorgiaspress.com/introduction-to-working-with-manuscripts-for-medievalists
- P. Bourgain: Sur L`édition des textes littéraires Latins Médiévaux
- Huygens: Ars edendi: A practical introduction to editing medieval Latin texts
- ⭐️ E. Knibbs: How to use modern critical editions of Medieval Latin Texts
- A very nice and easy introduction to what a critical edition is.
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00452.x
- P. Maas: Textkritik
Abbreviations in the critical apparatus
A. Dondaine: Abbreviations Latines et signes recommandes pour l`apparat critique des editions de textes medievaux
- URL: https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.BPM.3.8?journalCode=bpm
K. Maurer: Commonest abbreviations, signs, etc. used in the apparatus to a classical text
- URL: http://udallasclassics.org/maurer_files/APPARATUSABBREVIATIONS.pdf