Addition Containing Gap of Unknown Extent

A gap of unknown extent (lost or illegible signs where the original number of characters cannot be estimated) contained inside an addition to the support by a later ancient hand.

Syntax

Zero or more white spaces wrapped by square brackets […], all enclosed within plus signs +…+. Optional metadata can be written before the final + delimiter.

Overview

Notation	Conceptual AST	Paper Output
`+[⊙]‽ᵟ¤ᵟ+`	`Addition { content: [Gap { ⊙ }], cert: γ, meta: ¤ }`	𝘏ᵟ``⸂[⊙]◇ᵟ⸃

⊙ ∈ PREVIOUS_SEEN_ALLOWED = the relevant gap notation.
‽ᵟ ∈ {?, !, ε} = uncertainty marker ?, certainty marker !, or empty string (ε).
γ ∈ {Low, High, Medium} = certainty level corresponding to the marker used in the notation.
◇ᵟ ∈ {⯑, ⯁, ε} = rendering of the uncertainty/certainty marker in the notation or empty string (ε).
¤ᵟ = optional annotations (metadata) supported by Addition (cf. Later Ancient Additions of Signs).

See Later Ancient Additions of Signs for the automatic rectification performed by the formatter to improve legibility.

Examples

Notation	Paper Output
`+[]+`	·
`+[]?;h=c>d+`	cd·
`+[]!;manus=c;place=supra+`	cabove·

EpiDoc Outputs

Notation EpiDoc (XML)

Notation	EpiDoc (XML)
`+[]+`	`<ab> <add cert="medium"> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/> </add> </ab>`
`+[]?;h=c>d+`	`<ab> <add cert="low"> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/><app type="alternative"><lem><handShift new="#c"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/></lem><rdg><handShift new="#d"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/></rdg></app> </add> </ab>`
`+[]!;manus=c;place=supra+`	`<ab> <add place="above" cert="medium"> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/><app type="alternative"><rdg><handShift new="#c"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/></rdg></app> </add> </ab>`

+[]+

<ab>
    <add cert="medium">
        <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/>
    </add>
</ab>

+[]?;h=c>d+

<ab>
    <add cert="low">
        <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/><app type="alternative"><lem><handShift new="#c"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/></lem><rdg><handShift new="#d"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/></rdg></app>
    </add>
</ab>

+[]!;manus=c;place=supra+

<ab>
    <add place="above" cert="medium">
        <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/><app type="alternative"><rdg><handShift new="#c"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/></rdg></app>
    </add>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

Notation	AST
`+[]+`	`Addition[medium] Gap(unknown, medium)`
`+[]?;h=c>d+`	`Addition[low][meta] Gap(unknown, medium)`
`+[]!;manus=c;place=supra+`	`Addition[medium][meta] Gap(unknown, medium)`