When characters are lost and cannot be restored, but the text is in verse and the metrical values or pattern of the lacuna can be given.
- TEI definition: gap ; EpiDoc-specific
customization: gap
- TEI definition: seg
‘χαλκέοισι κάδοις δέχεται [ ˘ ˘ ˉ ]’
χαλκέοισι κάδοις δέχεται
<seg met="--+"> <gap
reason="lost"
quantity="7"
unit="character"
precision="low"/></seg>Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:
- Default style (Panciera) style: χαλκέοισι κάδοις δέχεται [c. 7]
- London style: χαλκέοισι κάδοις δέχεται [·· c. 7··]
Responsibility for this section
Gabriel Bodard, author