<msDesc>

<msDesc> (manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript or other text-bearing object such as an early printed book. [11.1. Overview]
Modulemsdescription
Attributes
Member of
model.biblLike
Contained by
core: add cit corr del desc emph head hi item l listBibl meeting note orig p q quote ref reg relatedItem said sic stage textLang title
dictionaries: form gen lang
figures: cell figDesc figure
header: change handNote licence rendition scriptNote sourceDesc tagUsage taxonomy
linking: ab seg standOff
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions collation condition custEvent decoNote filiation foliation layout msItem musicNotation origin provenance signatures source summary support surrogates typeNote
namesdates: event location object org person personGrp persona place state
textcrit: lem rdg
textstructure: body div docEdition epigraph
transcr: damage metamark mod retrace secl supplied surplus
May contain
core: head p
linking: ab
msdescription: additional history msContents msFrag msIdentifier msPart physDesc
Note

Although the msDesc has primarily been designed with a view to encoding manuscript descriptions, it may also be used for other objects such as early printed books, fascicles, epigraphs, or any text-bearing objects that require substantial description. If an object is not text-bearing or the reasons for describing the object is not primarily the textual content, the more general object may be more suitable.

Example
<msDesc>
 <msIdentifier>
  <settlement>Oxford</settlement>
  <repository>Bodleian Library</repository>
  <idno type="Bod">MS Poet. Rawl. D. 169.</idno>
 </msIdentifier>
 <msContents>
  <msItem>
   <author>Geoffrey Chaucer</author>
   <title>The Canterbury Tales</title>
  </msItem>
 </msContents>
 <physDesc>
  <objectDesc>
   <p>A parchment codex of 136 folios, measuring approx
       28 by 19 inches, and containing 24 quires.</p>
   <p>The pages are margined and ruled throughout.</p>
   <p>Four hands have been identified in the manuscript: the first 44
       folios being written in two cursive anglicana scripts, while the
       remainder is for the most part in a mixed secretary hand.</p>
  </objectDesc>
 </physDesc>
</msDesc>
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:msContents|tei:physDesc|tei:history|tei:additional">
<sch:let name="gi" value="name(.)"/>
<sch:report test="preceding-sibling::*[ name(.) eq $gi ] and not( following-sibling::*[ name(.) eq $gi ] )"> Only one <sch:name/> is allowed as a child of <sch:value-of select="name(..)"/>.
</sch:report>
</sch:rule>
Content model
<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="msIdentifier"/>
  <classRef key="model.headLike"
   minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <alternate>
   <classRef key="model.pLike"
    minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
   <alternate minOccurs="0"
    maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <elementRef key="msContents"/>
    <elementRef key="physDesc"/>
    <elementRef key="history"/>
    <elementRef key="additional"/>
    <elementRef key="msPart"/>
    <elementRef key="msFrag"/>
   </alternate>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>
Schema Declaration
element msDesc
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   tei_att.docStatus.attributes,
   tei_att.sortable.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   (
      tei_msIdentifier,
      tei_model.headLike*,
      (
         tei_model.pLike+
       | (
            tei_msContents
          | tei_physDesc
          | tei_history
          | tei_additional
          | tei_msPart
          | tei_msFrag
         )*
      )
   )
}