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A list of tags, special characters, and other shortcuts to copy and past into transcriptions.
A list of tags, special characters, and other shortcuts to copy and paste into transcriptions.
 
==Text of the manuscript==
:'''Expansion'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<ex></ex>
</pre>
 
:'''Deletion''': include deleted text if still legible, or replace an estimated number of deleted letters with periods (...)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<del></del>
</pre>
 
:'''Insertion''': for intralineal insertion text (often written above crossed out text)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<ins></ins>
</pre>
 
:'''Gap''':  replace missing letters with periods (...)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<gap></gap>
</pre>
 
:'''Unclear''': enter a best guess, replacing illegible letters with periods (...)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<unc></unc>
</pre>
 
:'''Metamark''': enter a one-work description of mark (strive for consistency)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<mrk></mrk>
</pre>
 
:'''Image''': enter a one-work description of mark (strive for consistency)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<img></img>
</pre>
 
==Layout and non-textual elements==
 
:'''Page break''': for two or more pages in one image
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pb></pb>
</pre>
 
:'''Catchword''': for word or words repeated on bottom of page/top of next page
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<cw></cw>
</pre>
 
:'''Heading''': for obvious headings
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<hd></hd>
</pre>
 
:'''Label''': for labels in the margins
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<lbl></lbl>
</pre>
 
:'''Postscript''': for postscript text in letters (Do not forgetteth to write)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<ps></ps>
</pre>
 
:'''Opening''': for opening text in letters (To my most lovinge husband)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<opn></opn>
</pre>
 
:'''Closing''': for closing text in letters (To my most lovinge husband)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<cls></cls>
</pre>
 
:'''Addition''': for text added much later by booksellers, library staff, etc.
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<add></add>
</pre>
 
:'''Note''': for notes from the transcriber, at the end of the text file
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<note></note>
</pre>
 
==Content of the manuscript==
 
:'''Name''': for proper names (non-fictional)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<nm></nm>
</pre>
 
:'''Place''': for identified places
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pl></pl>
</pre>
 
:'''Amount''': for specific monetary amounts (include numeral and currency symbol)
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<amt></amt>
</pre>
 
==Semi-diplomatic transcription==
 
:'''Superscript''': for superscript text, not interlineal insertions, that should remain superscript to understand the meaning
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<sup></sup>
</pre>
 
:'''Silently lowered''': for superscript text to be lowered as per semi-diplomatic convention
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<sl></sl>
</pre>
 
:'''Macron''': the following letter(s) should be expanded
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<macron></macron>
</pre>
 
:'''Thorn letter''': looks like "y," transcribed as "th"
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-y>th</brev-y>
</pre>
 
:'''es graph'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-es>es</brev-es>
</pre>
 
:'''er graph''': transcribed as "er," or ar/or/re
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-er>er</brev-er>
</pre>
 
:'''Special p''': following two letters should be expanded text, "pre," "pro," "par," or "per"
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-p>p</brev-p><ex>re</ex>
</pre>


==Special characters==
==Special characters==


:℔
:''''''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
&amp;#8468;
&amp;#8468;
</pre>
</pre>


:'''æ'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
&amp;aelig;  
&amp;aelig;  
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</pre>
</pre>


:'''Æ'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
&amp;AElig;  
&amp;AElig;  
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</pre>
</pre>


:'''œ'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
&amp;oelig;  
&amp;oelig;  
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</pre>
</pre>


:'''Œ'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
&amp;OElig;
&amp;OElig;
&amp;#338;
&amp;#338;
</pre>
</pre>
:'''℥​''': Symbol for ounce
:'''ʒ''': Symbol for dram
:'''℈''': Symbol for scruple
:'''♃''': Symbol for Jupiter, used for Rx


==Common abbreviations and expansions==
==Common abbreviations and expansions==


:-ū/-um
:'''period metamark'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<macron>u<ex>m</ex></macron>
<metamark>.</metamark>
</pre>
 
:'''-ā/-an'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<macron>a<ex>n</ex></macron>
</pre>
</pre>


:/-on
:'''ā/ana''', used by Ward in prescriptions
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<macron>o<ex>n</ex></macron>
<macron>a<ex>na</ex></macron>
</pre>
</pre>


:period metamark
:'''D<sup>r</sup>./Dr.'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<metamark>.</metamark>
D<sl>r</sl>.
</pre>
</pre>


:-er - as in "Remember" (expand "e", silently lower "r," period metamark)
:'''-<sup>r</sup>./-er''', as in "Remember": expand "e," silently lower "r," period metamark
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<ex>e</ex><sl>r</sl><metamark>.</metamark>
<ex>e</ex><sl>r</sl><metamark>.</metamark>
</pre>
</pre>


:Ward's "ana" in prescriptions
:'''frō/from'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
fr<macron>o</macron><ex>m</ex>
</pre>
 
:'''Ma<sup>tie</sup>/Maiestie'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
Ma<ex>ies</ex><sl>tie</sl>
</pre>
 
:'''M<sup>r</sup>./Mr.'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<macron>a<ex>na</ex></macron>
M<sl>r</sl>.
</pre>
 
:'''-ō/-on'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<macron>o<ex>n</ex></macron>
</pre>
</pre>


:y<sup>e</sup>/the
:'''S<sup>r</sup>/Sir'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-y>th</brev-y><sl>e</sl>
S<ex>i</ex><sl>r</sl>
</pre>
</pre>


:y<sup>t</sup>/that
:'''y<sup>t</sup>/that'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>a</ex><sl>t</sl>
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>a</ex><sl>t</sl>
</pre>
</pre>


:y<sup>m</sup>/them
:'''y<sup>e</sup>/the'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-y>th</brev-y><sl>e</sl>
</pre>
 
:'''y<sup>m</sup>/them'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>e</ex><sl>m</sl>
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>e</ex><sl>m</sl>
</pre>
</pre>


:y<sup>m</sup>/then
:'''y<sup>n</sup>/then'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>e</ex><sl>n</sl>
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>e</ex><sl>n</sl>
</pre>
</pre>


:S<sup>r</sup>/Sir
:'''-ū/-um'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
S<ex>i</ex><sl>r</sl>
<macron>u<ex>m</ex></macron>
</pre>
</pre>


:y<sup>r</sup>/your
:'''w<sup>ch</sup>/which'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
y<ex>ou</ex><sl>r</sl>
w<ex>hi</ex><sl>ch</sl>
</pre>
</pre>


:yo<sup>r</sup>/your
:'''w<sup>th</sup>/with'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
yo<ex>u</ex><sl>r</sl>
w<ex>i</ex><sl>th</sl>
</pre>
</pre>


:w<sup>th</sup>/with
:'''y<sup>r</sup>/your'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
w<ex>i</ex><sl>th</sl>
y<ex>ou</ex><sl>r</sl>
</pre>
</pre>


:w<sup>ch</sup>/which
:'''yo<sup>r</sup>/your'''
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
<pre style="min-height:38px; margin-left:2em">
w<ex>hi</ex><sl>ch</sl>
yo<ex>u</ex><sl>r</sl>
</pre>
</pre>
==Tips and Tricks==
:To enter names, places, or amounts that span more than one line, enter the tags by hand rather than using Dromio's shortcut buttons. Do this in the HTML view, then toggle over the the XML view and back to the HTML view.

Latest revision as of 15:58, 22 February 2021

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

&#8468;
æ
&aelig; 
&#230;
Æ
&AElig; 
&#198;
œ
&oelig; 
&#339;
Œ
&OElig;
&#338;
℥​: Symbol for ounce
ʒ: Symbol for dram
: Symbol for scruple
: Symbol for Jupiter, used for Rx

Common abbreviations and expansions

period metamark
<metamark>.</metamark>
-ā/-an
<macron>a<ex>n</ex></macron>
ā/ana, used by Ward in prescriptions
<macron>a<ex>na</ex></macron>
Dr./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>
Matie/Maiestie
Ma<ex>ies</ex><sl>tie</sl>
Mr./Mr.
M<sl>r</sl>.
-ō/-on
<macron>o<ex>n</ex></macron>
Sr/Sir
S<ex>i</ex><sl>r</sl>
yt/that
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>a</ex><sl>t</sl>
ye/the
<brev-y>th</brev-y><sl>e</sl>
ym/them
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>e</ex><sl>m</sl>
yn/then
<brev-y>th</brev-y><ex>e</ex><sl>n</sl>
-ū/-um
<macron>u<ex>m</ex></macron>
wch/which
w<ex>hi</ex><sl>ch</sl>
wth/with
w<ex>i</ex><sl>th</sl>
yr/your
y<ex>ou</ex><sl>r</sl>
yor/your
yo<ex>u</ex><sl>r</sl>

Tips and Tricks

To enter names, places, or amounts that span more than one line, enter the tags by hand rather than using Dromio's shortcut buttons. Do this in the HTML view, then toggle over the the XML view and back to the HTML view.