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<A n=[number when more than one per line]>
</A>
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In notes and collation, the "anchor" that indicates which
passage the note refers to; it surrounds the notation of
act, scene, line.
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<A [space] source [space] location>visible
reference</A>
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General format for cross-references
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<ACT> </ACT>
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Act division as in the modern edition.
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n=[number]>
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The number of the act. If the original includes an act
division which has been retained, the notation would be
thus: </ACT><ACT n=2> <LD>Actus
Secundus</LD>.
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<ADD> </ADD>
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Material added by the editor.
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<BL>
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Blank line.
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<BLL> </BLL>
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*Black Letter (not to be confused with BL, blank line).
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<CENTER> </CENTER>
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Centered text (may be shortened to <C> </C>).
As in HTML this tag applies to a whole line.
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<CL> </CL>
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Closing (e.g. Finis).
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<COL0> </COL0>
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Defines pages with no columns in a document that
elsewhere has columns.
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<COL1> </COL1>
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Column 1 (Folio).
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<COL2> </COL2>
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Column 2 (Folio).
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<COLL> </COLL>
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Surrounds the actual collation only; additional
discursive notes are added after the </COLL> tag.
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<CORR orig="text" source=[Edition] [copy
text]="text"> </CORR>
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When the "source" is the current edition, the
abbreviation will be "Ed".
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<CW> </CW>
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Catchword.
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<DD> </DD>
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Definition Data: surrounds the definition.
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<DL> </DL>
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Surrounds the whole Glossary or Definition List.
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<DT n=[number]> </DT>
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Definition Term: surrounds the word to be glossed.
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<EMPHASIS> </EMPHASIS>
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Surrounds words to be emphasized.
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<EPILOGUE> </EPILOGUE>
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<FOREIGN lang=[language]> </FOREIGN>
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Surrounds a word or phrase in a language other than
English.
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<H1> </H1>
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Surrounds the text of a level 1 heading.
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<H2> </H2>
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Surrounds the text of a level 2 heading.
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<H3> </H3>
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Surrounds the text of a level 3 heading.
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<H4> </H4>
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Surrounds the text of a level 4 heading.
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<HW> </HW>
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Hung Word(s).
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t=prev | next
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The type of hung word indicates whether it appears on the
previous or next line from the line it continues.
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<I> </I>
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Italic text. Italics may also be generated in the normal
word processor way to assist you in working with a
readable text; they will later be converted
automatically.
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<J> </J>
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Justified line(s).
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<KEYWORDS> </KEYWORDS>
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Surrounds list of comma-separated words that will be
useful in identifying or searching the file.
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<L=n part= i | m | f>
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See 4.4.8 on division into lines. Part may optionally be
indicated by tabs: one tab = medial, two tabs = final.
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<LD> </LD>
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Literary Division (e.g. Act, Scene.).
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<LS> </LS>
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Letter-Spaced (e.g., "G O D").
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<MODE> </MODE>
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Indicator of verse or prose.
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t=[mode]
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prose | verse | uncertain
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<NOTE> </NOTE>
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Surrounds the note. Cross-referencing will be by
act.scene.line anchor rather than number.
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<NR n=[number]> </NR>
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Indication of a cross-reference to a note on the passage:
surrounds the text to be commented on.
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<OL n=[number]> </OL>
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Surrounds the list. The number continues the numbering
from the previous list or paragraph.
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<LI></LI>
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Surrounds each item on the list.
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<ORNAMENT>
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Ornament (will be shown by a graphic in the HTML
version).
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letter=[letter]
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The letter of the alphabet if it is one.
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drop=[number]
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The number of lines used by a drop or ornamental capital.
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<P n=[number]> </P>
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Each paragraph is contained in the <P> tag. The
number of the paragraph is used to generate an anchor for
cross references.
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<PN> </PN>
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Page number as printed.
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n=[number]
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Actual page number where it differs from the printed
number.
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<PROLOGUE> </PROLOGUE>
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<PROSEQUOTE> </PROSEQUOTE>
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Prose quotation (e.g. quoted letter).
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source=
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When the passage is a quotation from another source, the
source should be recorded.
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<Q> </Q>
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Replaces normal quotation marks. Optionally, word
processor "smart quotes" may be used.
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<R> </R>
|
Roman; this tag can be added automatically at a later
date if you are using word processor italics.
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<RA> </RA>
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Right Aligned text. This tag can be applied to a separate
part of a line, so is the equivalent of a tab rather than
right alignment for the whole line.
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<RT> </RT>
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Running title.
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<RULE>
|
Rule.
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<S> </S>
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Speech. Required in Renaissance texts; in the modern text
automatically created by speech prefix, stage direction,
or closing scene tag.
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<SCENE> </SCENE>
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Scene division as in the modern edition.
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n=[number]>
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The number of the scene.
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<SD> </SD>
|
Stage Direction. Each line of a split direction in the
right hand margin should be tagged separately; directions
different in kind should also be tagged separately.
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*t=[type]
|
entrance | exit | setting | sound | delivery | whoto |
action | other
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<SIG> </SIG>
|
Page Signature (appears at the end of the page, where it
will be displayed).
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<SP> </SP>
|
Speaker Prefix. Required in Renaissance texts; in the
modern text is created by caps, separate line, and the
closing colon.
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norm=Name
|
Renaissance texts: normalized form of the name; must be
included in every instance of a speech prefix, but not in
the course of a speech.
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<SPACE n=[number]>
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Indicates significant space to be left in the text. The
most common instance of this will be in formatting the
lines of verse in a song or sonnet, where some lines will
be indented further than others. There is no closing tag.
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n=[number]
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The number of m-spaces should be indicated.
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<STANZA> </STANZA>
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<SUB> </SUB>
|
Subscript characters.
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<SUP> </SUP>
|
Superscript characters (this follows the HTML 3.2
convention).
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<TITLE> </TITLE>
|
Surrounds the title of a book or other work that will
appear in italics.
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<TITLEHEAD> </TITLEHEAD>
|
Title page material in quartos; initial heading in Folio.
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<TLN=[number]>
|
Through Line Number. The basic method of internal
reference for the editions will be the TLN number. Where
a quarto or modern edition omits material the numbers
will be omitted; where they add material the numbers will
be added decimally (<TLN=1033.1> etc.); where the
line division varies from the Folio the TLN number will
be that of the first word of the line.
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<UL n=[number]> </UL>
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Surrounds the list. The number continues the numbering
from the previous list or paragraph.
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<LI></LI>
|
Surrounds each item on the list.
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<VAR [source edition]="text"> </VAR>
|
Surrounds the word, phrase, or passage which has a
variant reading. The source edition (e.g. Q1) will be
identified in the list of abbreviations; more than one
source may be quoted.
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<VERSEQUOTE> </VERSEQUOTE>
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*Verse quotation (e.g. song).
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source=
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When the verse is a quotation from another source, the
source should be recorded (as in Pistol's quotations from
earlier plays).
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<X> </X>
|
Surrounds the text to be indexed, and to be linked to the
index entry.
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s=[subject]
|
The subject of the entry if it differs from the word or
phrase marked. For entries which require a second level
of indexing, separate the initial item from its sub-entry
by a colon.
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Line breaks
|
Line breaks will be indicated in the normal way by a
carriage return
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Characters and ligatures
|
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|y|
|
Abbreviation (here yt or ye).
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{-}
|
Hyphen at end of line (soft hyphen).
|
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{s}
|
Long s.
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{P}
|
Paragraphus (¶).
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{sm}
|
Section mark.
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{^o}
|
letter with circumflex (ô).
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{"o}
|
letter with dieresis (ü).
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{'e}
|
letter with acute accent (é).
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{`e}
|
letter with grave accent (à).
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{_m}
|
letter with macron accent.
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{~n}
|
letter with tilde accent (ñ).
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{ae}
|
digraph.
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{oe}
|
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{ae} {as} {ct} {ffi} {ffl} {ff} {fi} {fl} {fr} {ij} {is}
{oe} {pp} {us} {us} ligatures.
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{s} {{s}h} {{s}i} {{s}l} {{s}p} {{s}t} {{s}{s}i}
{{s}{s}l} {{s}{s}} ligatures with long s.
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{vv}
|
vv used for w (upper or lower case)
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{#}
|
indicator of a missing space where words are run on.
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#
|
indicator of a space where there should be none.
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Note: where an accent is also an abbreviation, the
abbreviation should be indicated thus: |m{_a}|.
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Turned letters should be left uncorrected, and recorded
with a note: for mnd, record mnd<!--turned "u"-->
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