CME
Book-by-book coding instructions
SHORT BATCH DESIGNATION: AS
ID # APE9595
TITLE: Laud Troy Book
ED. J. Ernst Wülfing
PUBLISHED: Early English Text Society 121, 122 (1902, 1903)
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
En-face? NO.
Key and code the following pages:
1. Title page to part 1 (both sides) = unnumbered page
2. Title page to part 2 (front) = unnumbered page
3. Main text: = pp. 1-549
Structure
<FRONT> contains the title pages only.
<BODY> contains the main text, divided into <DIV1>s.
<DIV1>s are marked by drop caps. E.g., on p.4:
<L N="104">Hende, now herken to my spelle!</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1>
<L>IN the lond of Thesalye--</L>
<L>As telles vs the right storie--</L>
The <DIV1>s lack headings. The bold words or
phrases that sometimes occur between the lines and
that look like they could be headings--e.g. on p.4:
¶ Polleus. ¶ Thesalie.
--should be treated as interlinear notes, tagged with
<NOTE PLACE="inter">. See below under "notes".
Milestones
Folio references appear in the margins in brackets, as below.
[lf. 3] <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="3a">
[lf. 3, bk.] <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="3b">
[lf. 4.] <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="4a">
[lf. 4, bk.] <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="4b">
[lf. 5.] <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="5a">
[lf. 5, bk.] <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="5b">
[lf. 6.] <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="6a">
[lf. 6, bk.] <MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="6b">
Notes
Some notes appear as footnotes at the bottom of the page, keyed to
the text by footnote numbers. Treat these in the usual way.
Some words appear in bold text between the lines. Tag these as
<NOTE PLACE="inter"> and place the <NOTE> element
after the preceding line. Do not tag these with <B>, since
the bold type simply indicates that the words are
scribal notes, and don't belong to the main text.
Some words appear in bold text in the margin. Tag these as
<NOTE PLACE="marg"> and place the <NOTE> element
at the end of the corresponding line of verse. There
are frequently footnotes *to* these marginal notes,
which should be tagged in the usual way as nested
notes. Do not tag the bold text with <B>, since it
simply indicates that these are notes, and don't belong
to the main text. Example, page 4:
Riche of kyn and other thyng, 108
That het Polleus, whil he hadde lyff, ¶ Rex
And Tetes het the qwene his wyff. Polleus1.
Record as:
<L N="108">Riche of kyn and other thyng,</L>
<L>That het Polleus, whil he hadde lyff,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">¶ Rex Polleus
<NOTE PLACE="foot">The signs in blue, then names in red
paint; and so always. Here the last three stand in the
<I>left</I> margin in MS.
</NOTE>.
</NOTE>
</L>
<L>And Tetes het the qwene his wyff.</L>
Quire Signatures and Catch Words to be omitted.
Quire signatures and catchwords from the original mansuscript
appear in the margins in bold type. OMIT THESE FROM KEYING.
The quire signatures look like this:
K jjj
K iiij
M ij
z ij
25 [j]
25 [ij]
30 [iij]
The catchwords are enclosed by braces on left and right and by
horizontal lines above and below to form a kind of box. For
example:
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(p. 224) { On eche }
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(p. 64) { And told }
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