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Book-by-book coding instructions
ID # APE7380
SHORT BATCH DESIGNATION: AE
TITLE: The "Gest Hystoriale" of the Destruction of Troy
ED. George A. Panton and David Donaldson
SERIES: Early English Text Society OS 39, 56 (1869, 1874)
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
En-face? NO.
Key and code the following pages:
Title page to part 1 (recto and verso) = pp. [iii-iv]
Errata = pp. lxv-lxvii
Contents = pp. lxix-lxx
Text = pp. 1-459.
Structure
This item consists of a small amount of <FRONT> matter
(the title page and errata), followed by the <BODY>
of the text, consisting of thirty-eight top-level
divisions, which correspond to the Contents, Prologue
and the thirty-six books ("bokes"; "libri"):
<DIV1 TYPE="contents">
<HEAD>ÞE DESTRUCTION OF TROY. [INDEX OF BOOKS AND
SUBJECTS.]</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="prologue"><HEAD>Prologue.</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="book" N="1">
<HEAD>Here begynnes the ffirst Boke. How Kyng Pelleus
Exit Iason to get þe ffles of golde.</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="book" N="2">
<HEAD>Liber Secundus. De Grecis applicantibus in pertinencias
Trojæ, et de Laomedonta rege licentiante Iasonem et
Herculem de locis illis.</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="book" N="3">
<HEAD>Third Boke: how Medea enformed Iason to get the fflese
of Golde.</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="book" N="4">
<HEAD>Here begynneth þe ffourth boke. Of þe
dystrucion of þe fyrst Troy by Ercules and
Iason.</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="book" N="5">
<HEAD>Here beginnys the Fyfte Boke: Of the Foundyng of New Troye
and of the Qwerell of Kyng Priam ffor his ffader dethe.</HEAD>
[etc.]
Smaller divisions and headings
Smaller divisions in the verse are marked by blank
lines and large initial capitals; often also by
headings in small caps. Use line groups (<LG>)
to encode these divisions and <HEAD> to encode
the headings.
(p. 30, division marked by blank line and initial cap)
<L>Dressit hym for his dede, dose hym to goo.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In an yle þat was negh þe noble kynges sete,</L>
<L N="848">This clene flese was inclosede all with clere water,</L>
(p. 31, division marked by blank line and heading)
<L N="880">Hit gird from the grym with so gret hete.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>HOW JASON WAN THE FFLESE OF GOLDE.</HEAD>
<L>The tokyn hym taght was of a tru maiden</L>
<L>He for&yogh;et not, but &yogh;epely &yogh;arkit hym þerfore,</L>
<L>And anoyntide hym anon with his noble boyste,</L>
Milestones
Folio references are recorded in the margin in parentheses;
they look like this:
(fol. 8 a.)
(fol. 8 b.)
(fol. 9 a.)
(fol. 9 b.)
Record as:
<MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="8a">
<MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="8b">
<MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="9a">
<MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="9b">
Place the <MILESTONE> tag within the text at end of the
line alongside which the folio reference appears in
the book.
(fol. 8 a.) He hade wille for to wyn & away lede,
Record as:
<L>He hade wille for to wyn & away lede,
<MILESTONE UNIT="folio" N="8a"></L>
Notes
Editorial notes are rare; I have spotted some
in the margins, and one or two at the heads of
sections. Treat these in the usual way as
<NOTE>. Notes placed in the margin opposite
a particular line should be recorded at the
end of the line in question. E.g., the
marginal note on p. 37 looks like this:
1076 Kaste ancres full kene into þe (cold) water, (MS. has "cole")
and should be recorded like this:
<L N="1076">Kaste ancres full kene into þe
(cold) water,<NOTE PLACE="marg">MS. has "cole"</NOTE></L>
Exceptions
The Errata (pp. lxv-lxvii) have been entered in
the main text in pencil. Record these readings,
if they are legible, in place of the readings
in the printed text.