Lines Possibly Lost / Text Possibly Breaks

2024-03-20

Where lines are possibly lost or the text possibly breaks, gap should be used. To express uncertainty as to whether or not a line is actually present, a certainty element with a match corresponding to the parent element (i.e. gap) should be given a locus with a value of "name".

Panciera 1991 VIII.7; Sosin 2011: - - - - - - -?

<gap reason="lostextent="unknown"
 unit="line">

 <certainty match="..locus="name"/>
</gap>
(Panciera)
<gap reason="lostextent="unknown"
 unit="line">

 <certainty match="..locus="name"/>
</gap>

Transformation using the EpiDoc Reference stylesheets:

  • London style: [·· ? ··?]
(IRT: 289)
<gap reason="lostextent="unknown"
 unit="line">

 <certainty match="..locus="name"/>
</gap>

Transformation using the EpiDoc Reference stylesheets:

  • Duke Databank style:
    -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --(?)
(DDbDP: chla.4.249)

Responsibility for this section

  1. Scott Vanderbilt, author
  2. Charlotte Tupman, author

EpiDoc version: 9.6

Date: 2024-03-20