<back> (back matter) contains any appendixes, etc. following the main part of a text.
Attributes:
Example
<back>
<div1 type='appendix'>
<head>The Golden Dream or, the Ingenuous Confession</head>
<p>To shew the Depravity of human Nature..
<!-- ... -->
</div1><div1 type=epistle>
<head>A letter from the Printer, which he desires
may be inserted</head>
<salute>Sir.</salute>
<p>I have done with your Copy, so you may return
it to the Vatican, if you please
<!-- ... -->
<div1 type=advert>
<head>The Books usually read by the Scholars
of Mrs Two-Shoes are these and are sold at Mr
Newbery's at the Bible and Sun in St Paul's
Church-yard.</head>
<list>
<item n=1>The Christmas Box, Price 1d.
<item n=2>The History of Giles Gingerbread, 1d.
<!-- ... -->
<item n=42>A Curious Collection of Travels,
selected from the Writers of all Nations,
10 Vol, Pr. bound 1l.
</list>
<div1 type=advert>
<head><hi rend=center>By the KING's Royal Patent,</hi>
Are sold by J. NEWBERY, at the Bible and Sun in
St. Paul's Church-Yard.</head>
<list>
<item n=1>Dr. James's Powders for Fevers, the
Small-Pox, Measles, Colds, &c. 2s. 6d
<item n=2>Dr. Hooper's Female Pills, 1s.
<!-- ... -->
</list></div1></back>
Note

The content model of back matter is identical to that of front matter, reflecting the facts of cultural history.

Tagsetbase tag set for common core features
Classdeclaring
Filenameteiback2
Parentstext
Childrenargument byline castList dateline div div1 divGen docAuthor docDate epigraph epilogue head opener performance prologue salute set signed titlePage
Declaration
<!ELEMENT back          - O  ( (%m.front)*, ( ( (%m.divtop), 
                             (%m.divtop | titlePage)*) | ( 
                             (div), (div | (%m.front))*) | ( 
                             (div1), (div1 | (%m.front))*) )? ) 
                                                                >
<!ATTLIST back               %a.global
                             %a.declaring                       >
See 7.6 ; 7

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