msDesc (hendiWorksTEI)

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<msDesc> (manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript or other text-bearing object.

Attributes
xml:id opt
(identifier) provides a unique identifier for the element bearing the attribute.
rend opt
(rendition) WeGA: tradition of the text: without any add on = autograph (original handwriting); alternative information within rend is 'draft', 'copy', 'autograph_copy' and 'authorized_copy'.
Possible values
draft
autograph draft
copy
(external) copy
autograph_copy
handwritten copy
authorized_copy
copy prepared on behalf (of Weber)
Example
<msDesc>
        <msIdentifier>
          <settlement>Oxford</settlement>
          <repository>Bodleian Library</repository>
          <idno type="Bod">MS Poet. Rawl. D. 169.</idno>
        </msIdentifier>
        <msContents>
          <msItem>
            <author>Geoffrey Chaucer</author>
            <title>The Canterbury Tales</title>
          </msItem>
        </msContents>
        <physDesc>
          <objectDesc>
            <p>A parchment codex of 136 folios, measuring approx
              28 by 19 inches, and containing 24 quires.</p>
            <p>The pages are margined and ruled throughout.</p>
            <p>Four hands have been identified in the manuscript: the first 44
              folios being written in two cursive anglicana scripts, while the
              remainder is for the most part in a mixed secretary hand.</p>
          </objectDesc>
        </physDesc>
      </msDesc>

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