FromThePage transcription conventions

Tags

Abbreviation

Used for expansions. The original text--which can include tagged and/or unicode characters--goes between the tags, and the expanded text--which cannot include any tags--goes in an expan attribute.

<abbr></abbr>

<abbr expan="Maiestie">Ma<sup>tie</sup></abbr>

Addition

Used for intralineally inserted text, often written above crossed out text.

<add></add>

in a stew pan ^ <add>over a stove</add>

Catchword

Used for catchwords in the text.

<catchword></catchword>

<catchword>being</catchword></add>

Deletion

Used for text that has been cancelled or crossed out. Illegible letters can be replaced by periods.

<del></del>

<del>his</del>

Figure

Used for figures, drawings, horizontal lines, etc.

<fig></fig>

<fig>Three small horizontal stems with flowers and buds; left is red and blue, middle is red, right is red and blue.</fig>

Gap

Used for a gap in the transcription for reasons other than deletion (e.g. due to damage to the page). Illegible letters can be replaced by periods.

<gap></gap>

shipp <gap>...</gap>

Heading

Used for obvious headings.

== ==

==A Ham.==

Marginalia

Used for any kind of marginal note, including footnotes, glosses, or summaries.

<marginalia></marginalia>

<marginalia>to Kensington</marginalia>

Soft break

Used for words that break across a line.

<lb break="no"></lb>

to your tast; put into euery Bott<lb break="no">=</lb>
ell a peece of Lemmon Pill

Superscript

Used for superscript text.

<sup></sup>

xl<sup>s</sup>

Supplied

Used for text added at the custodial stage, by booksellers, librarians, etc. This tag is not used for text added later by the author(s) or by contemporary readers.

<supplied></supplied>

<supplied>Received 12-31-53
order no.B529</supplied>

Unclear

Used for uncertain text. Transcriber should enter their best guess, with the option to replace individual letters with periods.

<unclear></unclear>

<unclear>a chicin P</unclear>

Common abbreviations and expansions

-ā/-an

a<expan>n</expan>

-^r/-er, as in "Remember": expand "e," silently lower "r"

<expan>e</expan>r

frō/from

fro<expan>m</expan>

Ma^tie/Maiestie

Ma<expan>ies</expan>tie

-ō/-on

o<expan>n</expan>

S^r/Sir

S<expan>i</expan>r

y^t/that

<expan>tha</expan>t

y^e/the

<expan>th</expan>e

y^m/them

<expan>the</expan>m

yⁿ/then

<expan>the</expan>n

-ū/-um

u<expan>m</expan>

w^ch/which

w<expan>hi</expan>ch

w^th/with

w<expan>i</expan>th

y^r/your

y<expan>ou</expan>r

yo^r/your

yo<expan>u</expan><sl>r