Whether the version derives from the other, directly or through the
versions between them, by any derivation it states, a hypothesis
among them: a hypothesis held more certain becomes the principal one.
A version derives from itself in no statement, and a stemma that
loops is walked once round.
Whether the version derives from the other, directly or through the versions between them, by any derivation it states, a hypothesis among them: a hypothesis held more certain becomes the principal one. A version derives from itself in no statement, and a stemma that loops is walked once round.