On the Evangelium Nicodemi before Print: Towards a New Edition
Zbigniew Izydorczyk
The apocryphal Evangelium Nicodemi, a Latin translation of the Greek Acts Pilate, is richly attested in over 450 extant medieval manuscripts. A partial collation and statistical analysis variance data have revealed existence three major textual forms several lesser, often hybridized sub-forms. apocryphon must been subject to horizontal transmission, corrections against later its source, deliberate expansion scope. Rather than pursuing elusive and, ultimately, hypothetical Ur-text, new edition Nicodemi should attempt capture textually diverse dynamic nature by representing key performances, ones that most profoundly influenced post-medieval culture. This would be first step towards accommodating condition apocryphon, with susceptibility - perhaps even encouragement variance, away from restraining assumptions born age print.
Apocrypha