Apparatus Note

Any text marked for an apparatus note. The note may also contain real editorial phenomena as well as simple text.

Apparatus notes are of two types:

  • General: the note is intended for the entire text.
  • Marked: if the note is intended for a specific part of the text, sharing the same marker as the relative ApparatusMark.

Delimiters

SideSignNameUnicode
Left^Circumflex AccentU+005E
Right^Circumflex AccentU+005E

Internally Allowed Constructs

ConstructSpecific ReferenceGeneral Reference
Plain—🔎 Plain
Direction—🔎 Direction
Language—🔎 Language
Whitespace—🔎 Whitespace
Newline—🔎 Newline
LineBreak—🔎 LineBreak
SectionBreak—🔎 SectionBreak
WordBreak—🔎 WordBreak
Vacat—🔎 Vacat
Gap-Known—🔎 Gap-Known
Gap-Range—🔎 Gap-Range
Gap-Unknown—🔎 Gap-Unknown
Fracture—🔎 Fracture
Unclear—🔎 Unclear
Supplied—🔎 Supplied
PreviousSeen—🔎 PreviousSeen
Omitted—🔎 Omitted
Surplus—🔎 Surplus
Erasure—🔎 Erasure
Correction—🔎 Correction
Addition—🔎 Addition
Ligature—🔎 Ligature
Abbreviation—🔎 Abbreviation
ApparatusMark—🔎 ApparatusMark
ApparatusNote—🔎 ApparatusNote
LexicalUnit—🔎 LexicalUnit
PlausibilityAssessment—🔎 PlausibilityAssessment
Strong—🔎 Strong
Emphasis—🔎 Emphasis
Comment—🔎 Comment
Cite—🔎 Cite
Locus—🔎 Locus
Facsimile—🔎 Facsimile

Syntax

  • General note: An asterisk * followed by two colons : and any text representing the commentary, enclosed between carets ^…^.
  • Marked note: Any sequence of Unicode characters representing the marker, followed by a colon : and any text representing the commentary, enclosed between carets ^…^.

Notations for other phenomena can be inserted between double full stops ..…...

Overview

NotationSimplified ASTPaper Output
^*:C^ApparatusNote(General, 𝘊)φ
NotationSimplified ASTPaper Output
^𝘔:C^ApparatusNote(Marked(𝘔), 𝘊)𝘔φ
  • 𝘊 = the commentary (plain text or further notation inside ..).
  • 𝘔 = marker characters of the note.
  • φ = philological rendering of any notation.

Examples

NotationPaper Output
 
^*:This inscription represents a unique case of royal epigraphy.^

Apparatus

[Gen.]This inscription represents a unique case of royal epigraphy.
^1a:Maybe to be read as ..*abc*...^

Apparatus

1aMaybe to be read as abc.

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
 
^*:This inscription represents a unique case of royal epigraphy.^
<ab>
</ab>
^1a:Maybe to be read as ..*abc*...^
<ab>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

NotationAST
 
^*:This inscription represents a unique case of royal epigraphy.^
ApparatusNote(General)
  Plain("This inscription represents a unique case of royal epigraphy.")

^1a:Maybe to be read as ..*abc*...^
ApparatusNote(1a)
  Plain("Maybe to be read as ")
  Unclear[medium, legibility: normal]
    Plain("abc")
  Plain(".")