Key to the Transcriptions

This page describes the SGML entities and elements used in the manuscript transcriptions. (A few tags utilized in these transcriptions are not included in this list: the user may refer in these rare cases directly to the corresponding image files.)

C O N T E N T S
  1. Simple Substitutions
  2. Complex Substitutions
  3. Miscellaneous
  4. Unclear Readings
  5. Large Letters
  6. Line Numbers

I. Simple Substitutions

SGML Entity Example Location Example Image
&s; G line 7
∥ C line 14
&pro1; G line 1138
&pro2; T line 1497
&com; C line 1037
&et1; G line 9
&et2; C line 935
&est; G line 282
&punc1; A line 2100
&punc2; T line 1246
&insert1; T line 3826
&insert2; T line 3826
&mmark; V line 3449
&skip; V line 3700
&eol1; G line 273
&eol2; G line 276
&eol3 G line 2912
&eol4; G line 2805
&eol5; G line 2660
&eol6; G line 963
&eol7; G line 266
&eol8; G line 1016
&A9; T line 6888
&G9; T line 6826
&K9; T line 6199
&L9; T line 6812
&M9; T line 6811
&N1; E line 1009
&N2; E line 974
&N3; E line 1239
&D1; E line 923
&D2; E line 1107
&S1; E line 926
&S2; E line 952
&E1; E line 955
&E2; E line 983
&Q1; C line 10
&Q2; C line 471
&A1; T line 2658
&A2; T line 2651
&ier; G line 4
&apost; G line 10
&dot-t; T line 6988
&vos; E line 593
&Vos; E line 498
&ver; E line 751
&Ver; E line 744

II. Complex Substitutions

These codes are complex because we are indicating the relationship between a diacritical mark and a letter, or a sequence of letters. For a single letter or a sequence of letters, represented as "xx" below, the codes are as below. (Thus, ultimately, a separate SGML entity is defined for each letter/diacritic combination.)

SGML Entity Example Location Example Image
&xx-hbar; C line 2
&xx-alpha; E line 6
&xx-til; C line 459
&xx-omeg; G line 5
&xx-nine; C line 102
&xx-e; T line 101
&xx-vbar; G line 8
&xx-u; T line 732
&xx-o; T line 731
&xx-dot; C line 1364 (only occurs with "y")
&xx-foo; E line 1003 (only occurs with "i")

III. Miscellaneous

The following SGML elements/tags indicate extraordinary line configurations.

SGML Entity Example Location Example Image
<del>xx</del> C line 390a
cui &s;o<add place=supralinear>t</add> C line 504
l<add place=infralinear>dot</add>e T line 743

IV. Unclear Readings

The following SGML elements/tags indicate where our editors were not confident of the reading given or unable to decipher it.

SGML Entity Example Location Example Image
n<unclear>e</clear>uiele&s; A line 56

fai&s; <gap>v&re-hbar; oe&s;

A line 479  

V. Large Letters

The number given indicates that the manuscript letter is a certain number of lines high. Within the transcription, the manuscript appears with the first indented line.

SGML Entity Example Location Example Image
&LargeA-8; A line 1

V. Line numbers, foliotation, and column markers

Element Tag Definition
<l n="47"> line 47
<lb> a line break which does not correspond to a new line number
<pb="47recto"> folio 47 recto
<milestone unit="column" n="a"> column a