| <provenance> | contains any descriptive or other information concerning a single identifiable episode during the history of a manuscript or manuscript part, after its creation but before its acquisition. | |
| Attributes: | ||
| Example | <provenance> <p>Listed as the property of Lawrence Sterne in 1788. </provenance> <provenance> <p>Sold at Sothebys in 1899. </provenance> | |
| Class | ||
| Declaration | <!ELEMENT provenance - - (p+)> <!ATTLIST provenance %a.global;> | |
| See further | 2.7. History | |