CME
Book-by-book coding instructions
SHORT BATCH DESIGNATION: BU
ID #ACA1723
TITLE: The Stonor Letters and Papers
ED. Charles L. Kingsford
PUBLISHED: Camden Society 3rd series vols. 29-30 (London, 1919)
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
En-face? NO.
Key and code the following pages:
1. Title page to vol. 1 (front only; back is blank)
= IMAGE 00000007.tif
2. Title page to vol. 2 (front only; back is blank)
= IMAGE 00000009.tif
3. Main text = vol. 1, pp. 1-165; vol. 2, pp. 1-163.
= IMAGES 00000069.tif-00000233.tif and
IMAGES 00000235.tif-00000399.tif
(excluding the plate between vol.2, pp.108-9
= IMAGES 00000343.tif-00000344.tif)
Structure (Major divisions)
<FRONT> contains only the title pages.
<BODY> contains the main text
<DIV1>s
with TYPE="item" are used to record the individual
numbered items (i.e., individual letters and other
documents). Each item has a number, a heading all in
caps, and a date. Include the date in the heading,
like this:
<DIV1 TYPE="item" N="37">
<HEAD>37. [EDMUND DE STONOR TO ?] c. 1380</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="item" N="38">
<HEAD>38. MARGARET, COUNTESS OF DEVON TO EDMUND DE
STONOR [c. 1380]</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="item" N="39">
<HEAD>39. BILL FOR CLOTH SUPPLIED TO EDMUND DE STONOR
[c. 1380]</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="item" N="40">
<HEAD>WRIT TO THE SHERIFF OF BUCKS ON BEHALF OF EDMUND
DE STONOR 25 March, 1381</HEAD>
<DIV2>s
with TYPE="section" are used to record any portion of
an item supplied with its own heading. There are not many of
these.
Structure (minor features)
LETTERS. Many of the items are letters; typically each
letter contains a paragraph (<P>) or more of
prose, followed by a signature and often a
salutation, like this:
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| Let William cum in all hast. And the blessyd Trinite kepe |
| yow. I-wrytyn at Lundon the Saterday afore seynt Edward |
| is day. |
| By your ovne Stonor. | <- signature
| |
| To my Cosyn Jane Stonor, in hast. | <- salutation
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or this:
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| No mor to you nowe, but Jhesu kepe you. Wreten at London |
| the xj day of Marche. |
| H. S. | <-signature
| |
| To my worshipfull brother, Thomas Stonor, esquyer. | <-salutation
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The signature is set on a line of its own, indented
far to the right. The salutation also occupies a
line or lines of its own, and is slightly indented
relative to the body of the letter.
The signature should be tagged with <SIGNED>
The salutation should be tagged with <SALUTE>
If they cannot be clearly identified, simply tag both
of them as separate paragraphs (<P>).
HEADNOTES. All or most of the items have a note at the top, ranging
from a few words to a few paragraphs. Record these as
<NOTE PLACE="head">, placing the tag at the end of the
<HEAD> to the item.
ABSTRACTs. Some items are not printed, simply represented by an abstract
beginning with the word "ABSTRACT." all in caps. Record
this material with the element <ARGUMENT>.
Notes
Aside from the headnotes, most notes appear as standard footnotes,
keyed to the text by superscript footnote numbers. Treat these
in the usual way as <NOTE PLACE="foot">