Appendix: Aligning EpiDoc with Panciera 1991

2024-03-20

The diacritical signs as enumerated in Panciera 1991, with links to EpiDoc guidance for encoding each semantic distinction expressed thereby in TEI XML.

A. Litterae in lapide exstantes

I. Litterae ita laesae ut certius extra tituli contextum agnosci non possunt
Ambiguous characters
II. Litterae errore substitutae quas editor correxit
Erroneous substitution
III. Litterae errore adiectae quas editor expunxit
Superfluous characters
IV. Additamentum antiquum ad textum corrigendum aut supplendum
Text added by ancient hand
V. Litterae antiquitus erasae quae tamen legentur
Erased but legible text
VI. Litterae loco erasarum insculptae
Text struck over erasure
VII. Vestigia litterarum ita corruptarum ut nullo modo agnosci possint
Illegible characters, quantity known and quantity unknown
VIII. Litterae planae lectionis quae tamen in incerto est utrum ad initium verbi an ad medium an ad finem pertineant an ad verbum plus quam unum
Uninterpreted characters

B. Litterae omissae vel deperditae

I. Litterae errore omissae quas editor adiecit
Supplement of omitted characters
II. Litterae omissae quod lapicida inscriptionem ad finem non perduxit
Text not completed (omission not restored)
III. Litterae omissae compendii causa quas editor explevit
Abbreviation fully expanded
IV. Litterae quae a prioribus descriptae postea perierunt
Text visible to previous editor
V. Litterae fortuito superficiei damno vel fractura omnino deperditae quarum numerus sive computari potest sive non potest
Lost characters, quantity known, quantity approximate and quantity unknown
VI. Lacuna sive unius integri versus sive integrorum versuum quorum numerus incertus est
Lost lines, quantity known and quantity unknown
VII. Litterae omnino deperditae quas editor supplevit
Restored text
VIII. Litterae antiquitus omnino erasae quarum numerus sive computari potest sive non potest
Erased and lost

C. Varia

I. Litterae conexae
Ligatures
II. Litterae quae dicuntur Claudianae
Claudian letters
III. I longa
Tall or small characters
IV. Vocales apicibus notatae
Apices
V. Litterae et notae numerorum lineis notatae
Supralinear line, etc.
VI. Puncta hederae
Symbols and Interpuncts
VII. Verbum ab editore loco litterae inversae positum
Reversed or inverted letters
VIII. Verbum ab editore loco notae positum
Symbols and Expansion of symbol to word
IX. Verbum subauditum quod editor menifestum facit
Editor makes subaudible word manifest
X. Verbum ab loco anaglyphi positum
Symbols
XI. Nota editoris ut lector attento animo aliquid perpendat
Editor's note
XII. Nota editoris quae ponitur post aliquid de quo quaeritur
e.g. Uncertainly restored text or Abbreviation uncertainly expanded
XIII. Partes versus quae non inscriptae fuisse videntur
vacat measured in characters (horizontal space)
XIV. Verba praetermissa in textum laudando
Words omitted by editor
XV. Linearum diviso
Lines and line breaks
XVI. Versuum diviso
Verse lines
XVII. Paginarum diviso
Columns, fragments, sections, pages and other breaks

Responsibility for this section

  1. Gabriel Bodard, author

EpiDoc version: 9.6

Date: 2024-03-20