CME
Book-by-book coding instructions
ID # AFW5744
SHORT BATCH DESIGNATION: AG
TITLE: The Ormulum, vols. 1-2
ED. Robert Holt (with the notes of R. M. White)
PUBLISHED: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1878
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
En-face? NO.
Key and code the following pages:
1. Title page to vol. 1
(recto only; verso blank) = p. [iii]
2. Title page to vol. 2
(both sides; errata on verso) = unnumbered page
[place the second title page
after the first]
3. Text of the DEDICATION = 12-1/2 unnumbered pages
headed "DEDICATION" in vol.1
[overlapping with:]
4. Text of the TEXTS = 27-1/2 unnumbered pages
headed "TEXTS" in vol. 1
5. Text of the author's
(not the editor's) PREFACE = 4 unnumbered pages
headed "PREFACE" in vol. 1
6. Text of the INTRODUCTION = 4 unnumbered pages
headed "INTRODUCTION" in vol. 1
7. Text of the HOMILIES = numbered pages 1-357 of vol. 1
and pages 1-346 of vol. 2
Structure
This item consists of a small amount of <FRONT> matter
(the title pages and errata), followed by the <BODY>
of the text, consisting of five top-level
divisions, which correspond to the DEDICATION, TEXTS,
PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, and HOMILIES listed above
<DIV1 type="dedication">
<HEAD>ORMULUM. DEDICATION.</HEAD>
<DIV1><HEAD>[Texts]</HEAD>
[supply <HEAD> since there is none in the text]
Code this section as a <LIST>, like this:
<LIST>
<LABEL>SECUNDUM LUCAM I. [i.5]</LABEL>
<ITEM>Fuit in diebus Herodis regis Judee sacerdos quidam nomine Zacharyas.</ITEM>
<LABEL>SECUNDUM LUCAM II. [i.18]</LABEL>
<ITEM>Dixit Zacharyas ad Angelum, Unde hoc sciam? ego enim sum senex.</ITEM>
<LABEL>SECUNDUM LUCAM III. [i.26]</LABEL>
<ITEM>Missus est Angelus Gabriel a Deo in civitatem Galilee.</ITEM>
[etc.]
<DIV1 TYPE="preface">
<HEAD>ORMULUM. PREFACE.</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="introduction">
<HEAD>[Introduction]</HEAD> [supply <HEAD> since none in text]
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE UNIT="col" N="1">All mannkinn, fra þatt Adam wass</L>
<L>Þurrh Drihhtin wrohht off eorþe,</L>
<L>Anā till þatt itt cumenn wass</L>
[etc.]
<DIV1>
<HEAD>[Homilies]</HEAD> [supply <HEAD> since none in text]
<DIV2>
<EPIGRAPH>
<BIBL>SECUNDUM LUCAM I.</BIBL>
<Q>Fuit in diebus Herodis Regis Judee sacerdos quidam nomine Zacharias.</Q>
</EPIGRAPH>
<LG>
<L>An preost wass onn Herodess da&yogh;&yogh;</L>
<L N="110">Amang Judisskenn þeode,</L>
Subdivide the homilies into <DIV2>s wherever there is biblical quotation
that serves as a heading. Code these head-of-section quotations as
<EPIGRAPH>, as shown above. Here is another example from p. 91 of vol. 1:
<L>He&yogh;hesst off alle shaffte.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2>
<EPIGRAPH>
<BIBL>SECUNDUM LUCAM III.</BIBL>
<Q>Exsurgens Maria abiit in montana cum festinatione.</Q>
</EPIGRAPH>
<LG>
<L N="2685">Itt se&yogh;&yogh;þ þatt Sannte Mar&yogh;e fōr</L>
<L>Wiþþ mikell hih þatt we&yogh;&yogh;e,</L>
Smaller divisions
Smaller divisions in the verse are marked by blank
lines. Use line groups (<LG>) to encode these divisions.
Example (on p. 93 of vol. 1):
<L N="2730">To brukenn [eche] blisse. Amæn.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Þatt tatt te laffdi&yogh; Mar&yogh;e fōr,</L>
<L>Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,</L>
Milestones
Column references appear at the bottom of the page, keyed
to the text by an asterisk or (occasionally) a dagger or other
flag, like this (on p. 203 of vol. 1)
* Col. 146.
+ Col. 147.
Record as:
<MILESTONE UNIT="col" N="146">
<MILESTONE UNIT="col" N="147">
Place the <MILESTONE> tag within the text at the point
marked by the asterisk or dagger, removing the flag
character itself from both text and reference.
* Forr kallf wass, wiss to fulle soþ,
+ Johan þe Goddspell wrihhte,
Record as:
<L><MILESTONE UNIT="col" N="146">Forr kallf wass, wiss to fulle soþ,</L>
<L><MILESTONE UNIT="col" N="147">Johan þe Goddspell wrihhte,</L>
Notes
Editorial notes are rare, mostly related to
missing text, and mostly appearing at the bottom
of the page. Treat these in the usual way as
<NOTE PLACE="foot">. Some notes appear in brackets
between sections of text. Treat these as
<NOTE PLACE="inline">
Characters
This book contains a number of odd characters, especially
1. vowels topped by a slightly tilted straight line, midway
between an acute accent and a horizontal macron.
Treat these as macrons:
ā
ō
etc.
2. vowels topped by a *pair* of slightly tilted straight
lines. Treat these as two macrons, like this:
ā¯
3. vowels topped by a curved line with the ends pointed
up. Treat these with the separate entity ˘
a˘
4. The vaguely "7"-shaped character that stands by itself.
This is the so-called "Tironian 'et'" and should be recorded
as an ampersand (&).
Missing text in fragments
The last few pages contain text that has been mostly lost.
They look like this (p.346 of v.2):
W . . . . . 20055
Þ . . þatt witt tu wel
. sp . ghe
. Joh . fē¯t . te .
Record this just as it appears, using spaced periods to
represent the dots of the printed book:
<L N="20055">W . . . . .</L>
<L>Þ . . þatt witt tu wel</L>
<L>. sp . ghe</L>
<L>. Joh . fē¯t . te .</L>