Appunti sulla “lirica” mediolatina. Tipologia di trasmissione e specificità dei criteri di edizione dall’esperienza del Corpus Rhythmorum Musicum. Notes on the medieval Latin “lyric”. Types of transmission and editing criteria: from the experience of the “Corpus Rhythmorum Musicum”

Explanation of the meaning of the word “lyricus” in medieval Latin texts and analysis of the characteristics of the manuscript transmission of medieval Latin poetry for music, based on the experience of the edition of the" Corpus Rhytmorum Musicum": typology of manuscripts by content and destination, placement of rhythmic poetry on the page, problems of the edition of texts with high instability and presence of alternative versions, variable relationships with music, refrain treatment, graphic changes, metric irregularity, order variableness in manuscript corpora. Possible solutions offered by the digital edition.