Illegible Characters, Quantity Known

Where vestiges of characters remain, but they cannot be recognised and their quantity is known, they should be placed in a gap and given a reason with a value of "illegible".

‘[...]’Silvio Panciera VIII.2Josh Sosin
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • London style: ·
IRT: 690
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • DDbDP style:   ̣  ̣
DDbDP: bgu.1.101

Responsibility for this section

  1. Scott Vanderbilt, author
  2. Charlotte Tupman, author
Date: 2013-05-02