<msContents>

<msContents> describes the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of structured manuscript items.

Attributes

One or more codes, each of which is used as the identifier for a text classification element supplied in the TEI Header <textClass> element. Yes, No, or Unknown

`class`	identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item
	Datatype: IDREFS
	Default: #IMPLIED
`defective`	indicates whether the work contained is defective, i.e. incomplete.
	Datatype: (yes\|no\|unk)
	Default: no

Example


<msContents>
<p>A collection of Lollard sermons</p>
</msContents>

Example


<msContents>
<msItem n="1"><locus>fols. 5r -7v</locus>
<title>An ABC</title> 
<bibl><title>IMEV</title> <biblScope>239</biblScope></bibl></msItem>
<msItem n="2"><locus>fols. 7v -8v</locus>
<title lang="FRA">Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan</title>
<bibl><title>IMEV</title>
<biblScope>3747</biblScope></bibl></msItem>
<msItem n="3"><locus>fol. 8v</locus><title>Truth</title> 
<bibl><title>IMEV</title> <biblScope>809</biblScope></bibl></msItem>
<msItem n="4"><locus>fols. 8v-10v</locus>
<title>Birds Praise of Love</title>
<bibl><title>IMEV</title> <biblScope>1506</biblScope></bibl></msItem>
<msItem n="5"><locus>fols. 10v -11v</locus>
<title lang="LAT">De amico ad amicam</title>
<title lang="LAT">Responcio</title> 
<bibl><title>IMEV</title> <biblScope>16 & 19</biblScope></bibl></msItem>
<msItem n="6"><locus>fols. 14r-126v</locus>
<title>Troilus and Criseyde</title> 
<note>Bk. 1:71-Bk. 5:1701, with additional losses due to
mutilation throughout</note>
</msItem>
</msContents>

Class

Declaration

<!ELEMENT msContents  - -  (p+|(overview?, msItem+))> 
<!ATTLIST msContents  
      %a.global;
      class IDREFS #IMPLIED
      defective (yes|no|unk) "no">

See further 2.5 Intellectual Content

Up: Appendix A Reference Documentation for Elements and Classes

Master Project

The MASTER Document Type Definition: reference manual

<msContents>