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Abstract

© 2025 Johns Hopkins University Press. This essay explores the particular methodological problems encountered when looking at large numbers of books across categories, at both manuscript and print simultaneously. It examines how “data” can have different relative values across categories, and therefore how projects with variable parameters can challenge some of the principles of quantitative codicology, including our understanding of “big data.” It suggests that smaller sets of book historical data across categories can offer space for interpretative analysis rather than the promise of absolutes.

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Author(s): Nafde A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Digital Philology: Journal of Medieval Cultures

Year: 2025

Volume: 14

Issue: 1

Pages: 98-106

Online publication date: 30/04/2025

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

ISSN (print): 2162-9544

ISSN (electronic): 2162-9552

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1353/dph.2025.a959167

DOI: 10.1353/dph.2025.a959167

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