Monograms

2024-03-20

expan (expansion) contains the expansion of an abbreviation.

abbr (abbreviation) contains an abbreviation of any sort.

am (abbreviation marker) contains a sequence of letters or signs present in an abbreviation which are omitted or replaced in the expanded form of the abbreviation

g (character or glyph) represents a non-standard character or glyph.

ex (editorial expansion) contains a sequence of letters added by an editor or transcriber when expanding an abbreviation.

figure groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure.

figDesc (description of figure) contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it.

Where a monogram appears as part of the transcribed text of an inscription, there are a range of different ways to handle this in encoding, depending on the scholarly intent, and our ability to read and expand any textual content.

according to iAph: (νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν Πρασίνων.)

<g type="monogram"/>

Transformation using the EpiDoc Reference stylesheets:

  • London style: monogram
(InsAph: 1.404)
<figure>
 <figDesc>monogram</figDesc>
</figure>
<expan>
 <abbr>
  <am>
   <g type="monogram"/>
  </am>
 </abbr>
 <ex>Συμβατικίου</ex>
</expan>

Transformation using the EpiDoc Reference stylesheets:

  • London style: (Συμβατικίου)
(InsAph: 7.16)

Instead of using type in g, as the project providing this example did when this was the suggested way of encoding, the recommended use of <g[@ref]> in Symbol (Non Meaning-Bearing) should be preferred now.

<expan>
 <abbr>
  <expan>
   <abbr>
    <am>
     <g type="monogram"/>
    </am>
   </abbr>
   <ex>Ποστύμ</ex>
  </expan>
 </abbr>
 <ex>ιος</ex>
</expan>

Transformation using the EpiDoc Reference stylesheets:

  • London style: (Ποστύμ) (ιος)
(InsAph: 12.541)
<figure>
 <head>monogram</head>
</figure>
<!-- This uses <head> rather than <figDesc> - is it ok? -->

Transformation using the EpiDoc Reference stylesheets:

  • London style: monogram
(IRT: 863)
δι εμυ απα ολ επιφανιυ <g type="monogram"/>

Transformation using the EpiDoc Reference stylesheets:

  • Duke Databank style: δι εμυ απα ολ επιφανιυ monogr.
(DDbDP: p.col.8.244)

Responsibility for this section

  1. Charlotte Tupman, author
  2. Gabriel Bodard, author

EpiDoc version: 9.6

Date: 2024-03-20