<gb>

<gb> (gathering beginning) marks the beginning of a new gathering or quire in a transcribed codex. [3.11.3. Milestone Elements]
Modulecore
Attributes
Member of
Contained by
May containEmpty element
Note

By convention, gb elements should appear at the start of the first page in the gathering. The global n attribute indicates the number or other value used to identify this gathering in a collation.

The type attribute may be used to further characterize the gathering in any respect.

Example
<gb n="iii"/>
<pb n="2r"/>
<!-- material from page 2 recto of gathering iii here -->
<pb n="2v"/>
<!-- material from page 2 verso of gathering iii here -->
Content model
<content>
 <empty/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
element gb
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.spanning.attributes,
   tei_att.breaking.attributes,
   tei_att.edition.attributes,
   empty
}