Erased But Legible Text

Characters erased in antiquity but still legible (more or less clearly) should be tagged using the <del> element, whose rend should have a value of "erasure". Where the characters cannot be understood or are unclear, <orig> and unclear elements should be used respectively.

‘[[abc]] or [[ABC]] or [[ạḅc̣]]’Silvio Panciera V.1‘⟦αβγ⟧’Josh Sosin
<del rend="erasure">abc</del>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • Default style (Panciera) style: ⟦abc⟧

()
<del rend="erasure">
 <orig>abc</orig>
</del>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • Default style (Panciera) style: ⟦ABC⟧

()
<del rend="erasure">
 <unclear>abc</unclear>
</del>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • Default style (Panciera) style: ⟦ạḅc̣⟧

()
<del rend="erasure">
 <orig>gn</orig>
</del>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • London style: ⟦GN⟧

(IRT: 149)
<del rend="erasure">Νέρων<sic n="superfluous">ι</sic>
</del>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • London style: ⟦Νέρωνι⟧

(InsAph: 9.14)
<del rend="erasure">
 <unclear>Ε</unclear>ὐπρεπ<unclear>εία</unclear>
</del>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • DDbDP style: ⟦Ε̣ὐπρεπε̣ί̣α̣⟧

(DDbDP: p.cair.masp.3.67340)

Responsibility for this section

  1. Beatrice Lietz, author
  2. Charlotte Tupman, author
  3. Gabriel Bodard, author
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Date: 2013-08-07