COMSt 12/1

The COMSt 12/1 (2026) special issue on variants is now out, with discussions relevant here. See especially the article by Shlomi Efrati on variants in the medieval Targum Onkelos tradition

From the website:

Table of Contents

• pp. 1-6: Front matter 
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19338

Criticism of the Variant: Philological Discussions in Traditional Commentary Cultures

eds Alessandro Bausi, Christian Brockmann, and Eva Wilden

• pp. 7-16: Introduction (Eva Wilden)
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19344

1 Scribes and Scholars

• pp. 17-42: Glosses, Variants and Corrections in the Margin of Gregory the Theologian’s Manuscripts: The Case of Vaticanus graecus 462 (Caroline Macé)
  DOI:  10.25592/uhhfdm.19346
• pp. 43-58: Copyists Coping with their Models – A Case Study from Mt Athos (Jost Gippert)
  DOI:  10.25592/uhhfdm.19352
• pp. 59-77: Rectifying an Obvious Error – Hints of Text-critical Sensitivity in Late Medieval Targum Manuscripts (Shlomi Efrati)
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19356

2 Commentators

• pp. 81-102: Restoring the Text, Conveying the Truth: Criticism of the Variants in Latin Texts during the Middle Ages (Riccardo Macchioro)
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19358
• pp. 103-121: ‘There is Also the Reading x’ – the Discussion of Variants in Tamil Commentaries (Eva Wilden)
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19360
• pp. 123-144: The Variant is Salient: a Case in the ʾAndǝmtā Commentary Tradition (Mersha Alehegne Mengistie)
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19366

3 Variant Versions

• pp. 147-162: Variance in Arabic Poetry, Prophetic Tradition and the Qur’an (Tilman Seidensticker)
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19380
• pp. 163-185: Variants, Recension, and Transmission of Khlong Lokkanit (the Thai Version of Lokanīti, the Poem on Worldly Conduct) (Peera Panarut)
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19382
• pp. 187-215: Primary Textual Variance of Neidhart’s Songs (1220–1240 ce): The Contribution of Textual Criticism to Cultural History (Anna Kathrin Bleuler)
  DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.19384