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Book-by-book coding instructions


ID # APE7380
SHORT BATCH DESIGNATION: AE
TITLE: The "Gest Hystoriale" of the Destruction of Troy
ED. George A. Panton and David Donaldson
SERIES: Early English Text Society OS 39, 56 (1869, 1874)


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

En-face? NO.

Key and code the following pages:

  Title page to part 1 (recto and verso) = pp. [iii-iv]
  Errata                                 = pp. lxv-lxvii
  Contents                               = pp. lxix-lxx
  Text                                   = pp. 1-459.

Structure

  This item consists of a small amount of <FRONT> matter
  (the title page and errata), followed by the <BODY> 
  of the text, consisting of thirty-eight top-level
  divisions, which correspond to the Contents, Prologue 
  and the thirty-six books ("bokes"; "libri"):

  <DIV1 TYPE="contents">
  <HEAD>&THORN;E DESTRUCTION OF TROY. [INDEX OF BOOKS AND
        SUBJECTS.]</HEAD>

  <DIV1 TYPE="prologue"><HEAD>Prologue.</HEAD>

  <DIV1 TYPE="book" N="1">
  <HEAD>Here begynnes the ffirst Boke. How Kyng Pelleus
        Exit Iason to get &thorn;e ffles of golde.</HEAD>

  <DIV1 TYPE="book" N="2">
  <HEAD>Liber Secundus. De Grecis applicantibus in pertinencias
        Troj&aelig;, et de Laomedonta rege licentiante Iasonem et
        Herculem de locis illis.</HEAD>

  <DIV1 TYPE="book" N="3">
  <HEAD>Third Boke: how Medea enformed Iason to get the fflese
        of Golde.</HEAD>

  <DIV1 TYPE="book" N="4">
  <HEAD>Here begynneth &thorn;e ffourth boke. Of &thorn;e
        dystrucion of &thorn;e fyrst Troy by Ercules and 
        Iason.</HEAD>

  <DIV1 TYPE="book" N="5">
  <HEAD>Here beginnys the Fyfte Boke: Of the Foundyng of New Troye
        and of the Qwerell of Kyng Priam ffor his ffader dethe.</HEAD>

  [etc.]

  Smaller divisions and headings
  
    Smaller divisions in the verse are marked by blank
    lines and large initial capitals; often also by 
    headings in small caps. Use line groups (<LG>)
    to encode these divisions and <HEAD> to encode
    the headings.
    
    (p. 30, division marked by blank line and initial cap)
    
    <L>Dressit hym for his dede, dose hym to goo.</L>
    </LG>
    <LG>
    <L>In an yle &thorn;at was negh &thorn;e noble kynges sete,</L>
    <L N="848">This clene flese was inclosede all with clere water,</L>
    
    
    (p. 31, division marked by blank line and heading)
    
    <L N="880">Hit gird from the grym with so gret hete.</L>
    </LG>
    <LG>
    <HEAD>HOW JASON WAN THE FFLESE OF GOLDE.</HEAD>
    <L>The tokyn hym taght was of a tru maiden</L>
    <L>He for&yogh;et not, but &yogh;epely &yogh;arkit hym &thorn;erfore,</L>
    <L>And anoyntide hym anon with his noble boyste,</L>
 
Milestones

  Folio references are recorded in the margin in parentheses;
  they look like this:
  
    (fol. 8 a.)
    (fol. 8 b.)
    (fol. 9 a.)
    (fol. 9 b.)
    
        
    Record as:
    
    <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="8a">
    <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="8b">
    <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="9a">
    <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="9b">
        
 
 Place the <MILESTONE> tag within the text at end of the
 line alongside which the folio reference appears in
 the book.
 
   (fol. 8 a.)   He hade wille for to wyn & away lede,

 Record as:

   <L>He hade wille for to wyn &amp; away lede,
   <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="8a"></L>

Notes

  Editorial notes are rare; I have spotted some
  in the margins, and one or two at the heads of
  sections. Treat these in the usual way as
  <NOTE>. Notes placed in the margin opposite
  a particular line should be recorded at the
  end of the line in question. E.g., the
  marginal note on p. 37 looks like this:
  
  1076  Kaste ancres full kene into þe (cold) water,      (MS. has "cole")
  
  and should be recorded like this:
  
  <L N="1076">Kaste ancres full kene into &thorn;e
  (cold) water,<NOTE PLACE="marg">MS. has "cole"</NOTE></L>
  
Exceptions

  The Errata (pp. lxv-lxvii) have been entered in
  the main text in pencil. Record these readings,
  if they are legible, in place of the readings 
  in the printed text.