Addition of As-Written Signs

An addition by a later ancient hand of as-written signs.

Syntax

Any sequence of Unicode characters representing Plain content enclosed between plus signs +…+. Optional metadata can be written before the final + delimiter.

Overview

• 𝘏 = identifier sign of the hand (if specified in the optional annotations/metadata ¤ᵟ).
• 𝑆 = any sign (Unicode character) ∉ STOP_SET (cf. Technical Catalogue of Symbols) otherwise preceded by the escape character \.
• 𝑁 = number of characters (represented by char or digits).
• 𝑛 ∈ ℕ (natural numbers).
• ‽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

+abc+

+abc?;h=c>d+

+abc!;manus=c;place=supra+

EpiDoc Outputs

+abc+

<ab>
    <add cert="medium">abc</add>
</ab>

+abc?;h=c>d+

<ab>
    <add cert="low">abc<app type="alternative"><lem><handShift new="#c"/>abc</lem><rdg><handShift new="#d"/>abc</rdg></app></add>
</ab>

+abc!;manus=c;place=supra+

<ab>
    <add place="above" cert="medium">abc<app type="alternative"><rdg><handShift new="#c"/>abc</rdg></app></add>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

+abc+

Addition[medium]
  Plain("abc")

+abc?;h=c>d+

Addition[low][meta]
  Plain("abc")

+abc!;manus=c;place=supra+

Addition[medium][meta]
  Plain("abc")