First evaluation

First of all a test passage sampling programme was implemented. It discarded the homogeneous texts that form the bulk of the tradition of the High Middle Ages, as is well known. The results were documented in the series “Text und Textwert”. After discarding these texts, the material that is of relevance for the textual history primarily of the first millennium is now available: Apart from the manuscripts of this period it also encompasses those numerous later ones that reflect older textual history. The actual editing process could begin.