Signs Seen by Earlier Editors

Signs seen by earlier editors but no longer visible on the support.

Syntax

An optional sequence of witness identifiers separated by semicolons ; interrupted by a colon :, followed by any number of Unicode characters (followed by the optional certainty notation) enclosed between low lines _…_.

Overview

NotationSimplified ASTPaper Output
_Ο‰;…:α΅Ÿπ‘†Γ—π‘β€½α΅Ÿ_PreviousSeen {witnesses: [Ο‰, β€¦α΅Ÿ], content: [Plain("𝑆×𝑁")], cert: Ξ³}⸀𝑆×𝑁ω;…ol.α΅Ÿβ—‡α΅ŸβΈ₯
  • Ο‰;…:ᡟ = optional series of witnesses.
  • Ο‰,β€¦α΅Ÿ = parsed optional series of witnesses.
  • Ο‰;…ol.ᡟ = rendering of the optional series of witnesses followed by the abbreviation of the Latin olim.
  • 𝑆 = any sign (Unicode character) βˆ‰ STOP_SET (cf. Technical Catalogue of Symbols) otherwise preceded by the escape character \.
  • 𝑁 = number of characters (represented by char or digits).
  • βŠ™ ∈ PREVIOUS_SEEN_ALLOWED = any phenomena allowed within PreviousSeen (notation, AST or rendering depending on its placement).
  • β€½α΅Ÿ ∈ {?, !, Ξ΅} = uncertainty marker ?, certainty marker !, or empty string (Ξ΅).
  • Ξ³ ∈ {Low, High, Medium} = certainty level corresponding to the marker used in the notation.
  • β—‡α΅Ÿ ∈ {β―‘, ⯁, Ξ΅} = rendering of the uncertainty/certainty marker in the notation or empty string (Ξ΅).

Examples

NotationPaper Output
 
_abc_
abc
_A:abc?_
abcA ol.
_A;B:abc!_
abcA, B ol.

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
 
_abc_
<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="medium">abc</supplied>
</ab>
_A:abc?_
<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="low" source="#A">abc</supplied>
</ab>
_A;B:abc!_
<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="high" source="#A #B">abc</supplied>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

NotationAST
 
_abc_
PreviousSeen[medium]
  Plain("abc")

_A:abc?_
PreviousSeen[low, witnesses: A]
  Plain("abc")

_A;B:abc!_
PreviousSeen[high, witnesses: A; B]
  Plain("abc")