attenzione filologica

15:42 Apr 6, 2018 

Thank you all for the valuable input. Very helpful and restored my confidence.

11:38 Apr 6, 2018 

I think even just "historical" accuracy could be an option. I tend to simplify this kind of text..

16:19 Apr 5, 2018 

Filologia: Disciplina che si occupa dei documenti linguistico-letterari delle varie epoche, cercando di ricondurli alla loro forma originale: f. classica, romanza
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano/F/filologia...

So "stylistic" is a rough approximation.

Philology today usually means the structure and histories of languages, and the relationships between them, but the original meaning according to Wikipedia was "The study of literary texts as well as oral and written records, **the establishment of their authenticity and their original form**, and the determination of their meaning."

15:31 Apr 5, 2018 

Thanks, Phil. It's a re-edition of a piece from the '50s so probably an exact replica. I like idiom but, since the description references a workmanship process which involved bending plywood to form part of the frame, am having difficulty finding a way to employ it in this context. Here's what I came up with: A very innovative workmanship technique for its time, carried out today with historical accuracy.

15:16 Apr 5, 2018 

I've had difficulties with this word in the past, and dictionaries don't help.
I wonder if something with "idiom" would work. Is this an exact replica of the original, do you know?