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

• ω;…:ᵟ = optional series of witnesses.
• ω,…ᵟ = parsed optional series of witnesses.
• ω;…ol.ᵟ = rendering of the optional series of witnesses followed by the abbreviation of the Latin olim.
• 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).
• ⊙ ∈ PREVIOUS_SEEN_ALLOWED = any phenomena allowed within PreviousSeen (notation, AST or rendering depending on its placement).
• ‽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).

Examples

_abc_

_A:abc?_

_A;B:abc!_

EpiDoc Outputs

_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)

_abc_

PreviousSeen[medium]
  Plain("abc")

_A:abc?_

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

_A;B:abc!_

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