<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:
classidentifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item
Datatype: IDREFS
Values: One or more codes, each of which is used as the identifier for a text classification element supplied in the TEI Header <textClass> element.
Default: #IMPLIED
defectiveindicates whether the work contained is defective, i.e. incomplete.
Datatype: (yes|no|unk)
Values: Yes, No, or Unknown
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 CDATA #IMPLIED >
See further2.5. Intellectual Content

Appendix A Reference Documentation for Elements and Classes