Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines

Types are inherited from the EpiDoc schema. The subtype values determine the additional semantic value of the textpart for example.Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines

context	rule	report
`tei:div[parent::tei:body]`	`@type='textpart'`	the outermost div must always have an attribute type edition, bibliography, commentary, translation or apparatus; type textpart is to be used inside edition.

Attibutes list

attribute type

This is a closed list of allowed values

value	definition
apparatus	to contain apparatus criticus or textual notes
bibliography	to contain bibliographical information, previous publications, etc.
commentary	to contain all editorial commentary, historical/prosopographical discussion, etc.
edition	to contain the text of the edition itself; may include multiple text-parts
textpart	used to divide a div[type=edition] into multiple parts (fragments, columns, faces, etc.)
translation	to contain a translation of the text into one or more modern languages

attribute subtype

This attribute can have a maximum of 6 values separated by a space.

This is a semi list of allowed values

value	definition
book	this container is for a book and may contain chapters
chapter	this container is for a chapter and may contain sections
stanza	this container is for a stanza and may contain verses
commemoration	texts commemorating a saint or event, usually linked for liturgical reading to a precise date, such as entries in the Sǝnkǝssār
incipit	incipit of the text
explicit	explicit of the text
canon	to be used for canonical texts like LIT2688CanonsNicaea2
title	contains the title as well as tafaṣṣama/malʾa or similar expression. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:div[contains(@subtype,'title')]
desinit	to qualify expressions as tafaṣṣama/malʾa. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:div[contains(@subtype,'desinit')]
supplication	entreat to God for help. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:div[contains(@subtype,'supplication')]
expanded	contains the title, tafaṣṣama/malʾa and further information. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:div[contains(@subtype,'expanded')]
inscriptio	is used for a title occurring at the beginning of a work. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:div[contains(@subtype,'inscriptio')]
subscriptio	for a title occurring at the end of a work. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:div[contains(@subtype,'subscriptio')]
embedded	for a title copied together with the text. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:div[contains(@subtype,'embedded')]
translation	to signal that the title is only of a translation. Examples: Beta maṣāḥǝft Xpath search for //t:div[contains(@subtype,'translation')]
coretext	the main content of a text
textsubunit	general way to indicate a specific section of a text that need to be encoded but does not correspond to the other specified textpart
colophon	colophon of a work (not of a manuscript) that is systematically transmitted (copied) with the text
list	a number of connected items or names written consecutively, either one after the other or one below the other

Example 1

Example from LIT2422Tarika


                            <div type="textpart" subtype="chapter" xml:lang="am" xml:id="Genealogy" corresp="LIT3854KingList">
                                <label>Genealogy and History of the kings of Ethiopia from <persName ref="PRS1386Adam"></persName> to
                                    <persName ref="PRS9142TaklaGi"></persName>/ʾAdbǝʾal, successor of Fǝre Śannāy</label>
                            </div>

Example 2

Example from LIT2382Taamme


                            <div type="textpart" xml:id="John">
                                <label>On John the Evangelist as the author of the book; on the creation and the fall of the angels</label>
                            </div>

Example 3

Example from LIT2516Wisdom


                            <div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="18" xml:id="section18">
                                <ab>
                                    ...
                            </ab>
                            </div>

This element is mentioned in the following pages

Revisions of this page

Pietro Maria Liuzzo on 2018-04-24: stub of page