<msDescription>

<msDescription> contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript or manuscript part

Attributes

Typology to be defined

type specifies the type of manuscript being described, for example as 'diploma', 'codex' etc.

Datatype: CDATA

Default: #IMPLIED

status specifies the compositional status of a manuscript or manuscript part.

Datatype: (uni|compo|frag|def|unknown)

Sample values include:

uni	unitary: the manuscript is a complete entity which exists as a single unit.
compo	composite: the manuscript is a complete entity comprising multiple units of different origin.
frag	fragmentary: a leaf, a part of a leaf, or a manuscript from which the majority of leaves are missing.
def	defective: a ms from which a minority of the leaves are missing.
unknown	unknown or unstated.

Default: 'uni'

Example


<msDescription>
<msIdentifier>
<city>Oxford</city>
<repository>Bodleian Library</repository>
<idNo type="Bod">MS Poet. Rawl. D. 169.</idNo></msIdentifier>
<msSummary>
<author>Geoffrey Chaucer</author>
<title>The Canterbury Tales</title>
<origDate>1345</origDate>
<origPlace>Surbiton</origPlace>
</msSummary>
</msDescription>

Declaration

<!ELEMENT msDescription-- (msIdentifier, msHeading?,
                                  msContents?, 
                                  physDesc?,    history?, 
                                  additional?,  msPart*)
> 
<!ATTLIST msDescription  
      %a.global;
      type CDATA #IMPLIED
      status (uni|compo|frag|def|unknown) "'uni'">

See further 1 Introduction

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Master Project

The MASTER Document Type Definition: reference manual

<msDescription>