Verse, Variation, and Meaning: Annotating Similarity in Greek Marginal Texts
By: Colin Swaelens, Maxime Deforche, Ilse De Vos and Els Lefever
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.587 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Page range: 113 - 113
Submitted on: May 6, 2026
Accepted on: Jun 25, 2026
Published on: Aug 18, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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