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