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Linked Data, Fragmented Knowledge: Towards a Digital Quellenkritik of Verrius Flaccus’ Lexicon De uerborum significatu Cover

Linked Data, Fragmented Knowledge: Towards a Digital Quellenkritik of Verrius Flaccus’ Lexicon De uerborum significatu

By: Stephen Blair  
Open Access
|Jan 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.455 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 3, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 11, 2025
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Published on: Jan 13, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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