physDesc (hendiWritings)

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<physDesc> (physical description) contains a full physical description of a source or source part, optionally subdivided using more specialized elements from the model.physDescPart class.

Example
<physDesc>
        <objectDesc form="codex">
          <supportDesc material="perg">
            <support>Parchment.</support>
            <extent>i + 55 leaves
                 <dimensions scope="all" type="leaf" unit="inch"><height>7¼</height><width>5⅜</width></dimensions>
                  </extent>
          </supportDesc>
          <layoutDesc>
            <layout columns="2">In double columns.</layout>
          </layoutDesc>
        </objectDesc>
        <handDesc>
          <p>Written in more than one hand.</p>
        </handDesc>
        <decoDesc>
          <p>With a few coloured capitals.</p>
        </decoDesc>
      </physDesc>

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