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Cliff Wulfman edited this page Jun 19, 2024 · 2 revisions

Gross Text Structure

The original Perseus encoding of Holinshed's Chronicles used as its source text a double-keyed transcription of the six-volume Ellis edition held in the Tufts Library. This physical structure was decomposed into a logical structure conforming with the logical structure of the opus. That is,

  • England
    • description
    • history1
    • history2
  • Scotland
    • description
    • annals
    • history
  • Ireland
    • cambrensis
    • continuation
    • description
    • inhabitation
    • processe
    • supplie

The Descriptions are structured by Book and Chapter; the Chronicles are structured by Chronicle (reign of a monarch). Thus the <div>s; within the Chronicles, <milestone>s corresponding with marginal <note>s marking chronology by calendar year and regnal year. Both kinds of document contain embedded documents_ (letters; treaties; and so on); these are demarked as <embeddedText>s.

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