The apparatus criticus thus provided, while not infallible, is eminently helpful, sets a wholesome pattern, and if supplemented by others of like tenor and scope, will go far to lighten the labor of whatever committee may have the final Recension of the whole work put into its hands.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
What The Book Annexed presents to us in the way of emendation is, on the whole, good; but, if subjected to a deliberate Recension, it would, we predict, become still better.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
The Prologue to the second Recension of the Wycliffite version, commonly attributed to Purvey, emphasizes, under cover of the same apparent theory, the claims of the vernacular.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos