Fragmentaria
Fragmentaria is a term used in philology and literary archaeology to denote texts that survive only in fragmentary form. The word derives from Latin fragmentum, meaning "a piece."
The term is applied both to individual authors whose writings are known only from fragments, and to
Scholars study fragmentaria by collecting the surviving pieces, dating them, and attempting to identify their sources.
The study of fragmentaria illuminates ancient literary forms, cultural contexts, and reception histories, but also faces
Related concepts include fragmentary literature, textual criticism, and papyrology. Fragmentaria remains a key method for understanding