FromThePage transcription conventions
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Tags
- 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>
- Deletion
- Used for text that has been cancelled or crossed out. Illegible letters can be replaced by periods.
<del></del>
<del>his</del>
- Expansion
- Used for abbreviated text. Place the tags only around the expanded characters, not around the entire word.
<expan></expan>
Ma<expan>ies</expan>tie
- Figure
- Used for illustrations.
<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 not to be lowered: only for ordinal numbers and for money (l,s,d).
<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>
- Matie/Maiestie
Ma<expan>ies</expan>tie
- -ō/-on
o<expan>n</expan>
- Sr/Sir
S<expan>i</expan>r
- yt/that
<expan>tha</expan>t
- ye/the
<expan>th</expan>e
- ym/them
<expan>the</expan>m
- yn/then
<expan>the</expan>n
- -ū/-um
u<expan>m</expan>
- wch/which
w<expan>hi</expan>ch
- wth/with
w<expan>i</expan>th
- yr/your
y<expan>ou</expan>r
- yor/your
yo<expan>u</expan>r
FromTheTable/Dromio crosswalk
| Dromio tag | FromThePage tag | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| add | supplied | text added later, at the custodial stage |
| brev-p | p<expan>re</expan> (etc.) | special p |
| brev-y | <expan>th</expan> | thorn letter |
| catchword | catchword | catchwords |
| del | del | cancelled or crossed out text |
| ex | expan | expansions |
| gap | gap | gap in text due to damage, etc. |
| graphic | figure | illustrations, etc. |
| heading | == == | headings |
| ins | add | intralineal insertions |
| label | marginalia | marginal notes |
| macron | do not tag | macrons or tildes above characters |
| metamark | do not transcribe | metamarks |
| note | use notes box below the transcription field | transcribers' notes |
| sl | do not tag | superscript text to be silently lowered |
| sup | sup | superscript text not to be lowered |
| unclear | unclear | unclear or uncertain text |