English

Noun

1. the accidental, erroneous act of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.
2. the errors produced thereby

Dittography is the accidental, erroneous act of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.

Example

in Acts, a book of the Bible, verse 19:34, the phrase "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians" appears twice in codex Vaticanus while it only appears once in other manuscripts.

References

See also

• Textual criticism
• Haplology