Evidence motion
Later-witness preservation
later_witness_preserves_trace_without_preserving_the_object
A later excerpt, chronicle, anthology, or hostile witness preserves traces of an absent earlier object.
Why not canonical?
This is a transmission motion, not simply a source citation or a lost work class.
Pattern note
The shape keeps witness, lost object, and reconstruction dependence visible.
Scope
Use where the later witness is attested but the object it preserves is not.
Example provenance
Claim Levels
Linked Item Types
Published Articles
Lost Maamar Zikhron ha-Shemadot of Profiat Duran
A reported persecution history visible through later Jewish historiographical use
Directly attested edge case · Probable warrant · High specificity · Source-backed
Menander of Ephesus Tyrian source behind Josephus
A lost Phoenician historical work visible through Josephus.
Weak/ambiguous attestation · High warrant · Medium specificity · Medium reconstruction dependence · Source-backed
Lost Book of Elchasai behind patristic fragment witnesses
A Jewish-Christian prophetic book visible through hostile ancient witnesses.
Weak/ambiguous attestation · High warrant · Medium specificity · Medium reconstruction dependence · Source-backed
Lost Midrash Esfah behind later excerpt traditions
A smaller midrash visible through anthology and citation traces.
Weak/ambiguous attestation · High warrant · Medium specificity · Medium reconstruction dependence · Source-backed
Lost preceding work in the Papyrus 13 Hebrews roll
An inferred text-block before Hebrews in an early papyrus roll
Weak/ambiguous attestation · High warrant · Medium specificity · High reconstruction dependence · Source-backed
Lost Ernoul material behind the Chronique
A reconstructed source layer on 1186-1187 behind the transmitted Old French chronicle tradition.
Low attestation · High warrant · High specificity · Medium reconstruction dependence · Source-backed
Frontier and Evidence Objects
L1 Leads
L2 Candidates
A lost Jewish-Christian prophetic book inferred from patristic notices and fragments.
A lost smaller midrash inferred from excerpts in later anthologies and citations in other works.
A rough source-reading candidate for Profiat Duran's lost Maamar Zikhron ha-Shemadot, visible through later Hebrew commentary and historiographical references.
A lost Tyrian/Phoenician historical work by Menander inferred from Josephus citations and fragment transmission.
A Codex-drafted Inferpedia review entry for the lost or unidentified text-block preceding Hebrews in the Papyrus 13 roll.
Inferon for lost or unrecovered Ernoul material behind transmitted Chronique accounts of 1186-1187.
Claims and Evidence Paths
Claims
book_of_elchasai_is_lost_text_known_through_patristic_fragment_witnesses
The Papyrus 13 Hebrews roll probably had a preceding work or text-block now lost or unidentified.
menander_of_ephesus_lost_tyrian_work_underlies_josephus_chronological_citations
lost_midrash_esfah_survives_through_later_excerpt_and_citation_traces
is_lost_text_attested_through_later_historiographical_reference
extant_chronique_preserves_lost_ernoul_material_on_1186_1187
Evidence paths
Codex/subagent reading found source-backed warrant for a bounded lost-text lacuna preceding Hebrews in the Papyrus 13 roll; draft/review only.
Source reading supports a bounded draft for the lost Book of Elchasai, with caution about heresiological mediation.
Source reading supports a bounded draft for Menander of Ephesus as the lost Tyrian historical source used by Josephus.
Source reading supports a bounded draft article for lost Midrash Esfah; the object is a named lost midrash known through excerpts and citations.
Source reading supports a bounded draft for Duran's lost Maamar Zikhron ha-Shemadot, but publication should wait for the separate draft-quality gate.
Codex/subagent reading promoted a narrow inferon only. Ernoul's Chronicle has a substantial manuscript and edition trail; the promotable item is lost/reconstructed Ernoul material…