Dromio shortcuts and workarounds

A list of tags, special characters, and other shortcuts to copy and paste into transcriptions.

Text of the manuscript

Expansion

<ex></ex>

Deletion: include deleted text if still legible, or replace an estimated number of deleted letters with periods (...)

<del></del>

Insertion: for intralineal insertion text (often written above crossed out text)

<ins></ins>

Gap: replace missing letters with periods (...)

<gap></gap>

Unclear: enter a best guess, replacing illegible letters with periods (...)

<unc></unc>

Metamark: enter a one-work description of mark (strive for consistency)

<mrk></mrk>

Image: enter a one-work description of mark (strive for consistency)

<img></img>

Layout and non-textual elements

Page break: for two or more pages in one image

<pb></pb>

Catchword: for word or words repeated on bottom of page/top of next page

<cw></cw>

Heading: for obvious headings

<hd></hd>

Label: for labels in the margins

<lbl></lbl>

Postscript: for postscript text in letters (Do not forgetteth to write)

<ps></ps>

Opening: for opening text in letters (To my most lovinge husband)

<opn></opn>

Closing: for closing text in letters (To my most lovinge husband)

<cls></cls>

Addition: for text added much later by booksellers, library staff, etc.

<add></add>

Note: for notes from the transcriber, at the end of the text file

<note></note>

Content of the manuscript

Name: for proper names (non-fictional)

<nm></nm>

Place: for identified places

<pl></pl>

Amount: for specific monetary amounts (include numeral and currency symbol)

<amt></amt>

Semi-diplomatic transcription

Superscript: for superscript text, not interlineal insertions, that should remain superscript to understand the meaning

<sup></sup>

Silently lowered: for superscript text to be lowered as per semi-diplomatic convention

<sl></sl>

Macron: the following letter(s) should be expanded

<macron></macron>

Thorn letter: looks like "y," transcribed as "th"

<brev-y>th</brev-y>

es graph

<brev-es>es</brev-es>

er graph: transcribed as "er," or ar/or/re

<brev-er>er</brev-er>

Special p: following two letters should be expanded text, "pre," "pro," "par," or "per"

<brev-p>p</brev-p><ex>re</ex>

Special characters

℔

℔

æ

æ 
æ

Æ

Æ 
Æ

œ

œ 
œ

Œ

Œ
Œ

♃:Symbol for Jupiter, used for Rx

Common abbreviations and expansions

period metamark

<metamark>.</metamark>

-ā/-an

<macron>a<ex>na</ex></macron>

ā/ana, used by Ward in prescriptions

<macron>a<ex>na</ex></macron>

D^r./Dr.

D<sl>r</sl>.

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

<ex>e</ex><sl>r</sl><metamark>.</metamark>

frō/from

fr<macron>o</macron><ex>m</ex>

Ma^tie/Maiestie

Ma<ex>ies</ex><sl>tie</sl>

M^r./Mr.

M<sl>r</sl>.

-ō/-on

<macron>o<ex>n</ex></macron>

S^r/Sir

S<ex>i</ex><sl>r</sl>

y^t/that

<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>a</ex><sl>t</sl>

y^e/the

<brev-y>th</brev-y><sl>e</sl>

y^m/them

<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>e</ex><sl>m</sl>

y^m/then

<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>e</ex><sl>n</sl>

-ū/-um

<macron>u<ex>m</ex></macron>

w^ch/which

w<ex>hi</ex><sl>ch</sl>

w^th/with

w<ex>i</ex><sl>th</sl>

y^r/your

y<ex>ou</ex><sl>r</sl>

yo^r/your

yo<ex>u</ex><sl>r</sl>