indicates whether the passage being quoted is defective, i.e. incomplete through loss or damage. (accompanying material) contains details of any significant additional material which may be closely associated with the manuscript being described, such as non-contemporaneous documents or fragments bound in with the manuscript at some earlier historical period. [] contains any descriptive or other information concerning the process by which a manuscript or manuscript part entered the holding institution. [] groups additional information, combining bibliographic information about a manuscript, or surrogate copies of it with curatorial or administrative information. [] contains a description of any significant additions found within a manuscript, such as marginalia or other annotations. [] (administrative information) contains information about the present custody and availability of the manuscript, and also about the record description itself. [] (alternative identifier) contains an alternative or former structured identifier used for a manuscript, such as a former catalogue number. [] contains a description of one binding, i.e. type of covering, boards, etc. applied to a manuscript. [] specifies whether or not the binding is contemporary with the majority of its contents (binding description) describes the present and former bindings of a manuscript, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of distinct binding elements, one for each binding of the manuscript. [] describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up a codex or incunable, typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page. [] contains a description of how the leaves or bifolia are physically arranged. [] contains the name of a collection of manuscripts, not necessarily located within a single repository. [] contains the colophon of a manuscript item: that is, a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason for production of the manuscript. [] contains a description of the physical condition of the manuscript. [] (custodial event) describes a single event during the custodial history of a manuscript. [] (custodial history) contains a description of a manuscript's custodial history, either as running prose or as a series of dated custodial events. [] (decoration description) contains a description of the decoration of a manuscript, either as a sequence of paragraphs, or as a sequence of topically organized decoNote elements. [] (note on decoration) contains a note describing either a decorative component of a manuscript, or a fairly homogenous class of such components. [] contains a measurement measured across the spine of a book or codex, or (for other text-bearing objects) perpendicular to the measurement given by the width element. [] contains any single measurement forming part of a dimensional specification of some sort. [] contains a dimensional specification. [] The element may appear once only The element may appear once only The element may appear once only indicates which aspect of the object is being measured. Sample values include: 1] leaves; 2] ruled; 3] pricked; 4] written; 5] miniatures; 6] binding; 7] box contains the explicit of a manuscript item, that is, the closing words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it. [] contains information concerning the manuscript's filiation, i.e. its relationship to other surviving manuscripts of the same text, its protographs, antigraphs and apographs. [] contains the string of words that denotes the end of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, usually set off from the text itself by red ink, by a different size or type of script, or by some other such visual device. [] describes the numbering system or systems used to count the leaves or pages in a codex. [] (description of hands) contains a description of all the different kinds of writing used in a manuscript. [] specifies the number of distinct hands identified within the manuscript contains a measurement measured along the axis at right angles to the bottom of the written surface, i.e. parallel to the spine for a codex or book. [] contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc. [] groups elements describing the full history of a manuscript or manuscript part. [] contains the incipit of a manuscript item, that is the opening words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric which might precede it, of sufficient length to identify the work uniquely; such incipits were, in former times, frequently used a means of reference to a work, in place of a title. [] contains the name of an organization such as a university or library, with which a manuscript is identified, generally its holding institution. [] describes how text is laid out on the page, including information about any ruling, pricking, or other evidence of page-preparation techniques. [] specifies the number of columns per page specifies the number of ruled lines per column specifies the number of written lines per column (layout description) collects the set of layout descriptions applicable to a manuscript. [] defines a location within a manuscript or manuscript part, usually as a (possibly discontinuous) sequence of folio references. [] identifies the foliation scheme in terms of which the location is being specified by pointing to some foliation element defining it, or to some other equivalent resource. specifies the starting point of the location in a normalized form, typically a page number. specifies the end-point of the location in a normalized form, typically as a page number. groups a number of locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous item within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation. [] identifies the foliation scheme in terms of which all the locations contained by the group are specified by pointing to some foliation element defining it, or to some other equivalent resource. contains a word or phrase describing the material of which the object being described is composed. [] (manuscript contents) describes the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of structured manuscript items. [] identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this object by pointing to other elements or resources defining the classification concerned. (manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript or other text-bearing object. [] (manuscript identifier) contains the information required to identify the manuscript being described. [] An msIdentifier must contain either a repository or location of some type, or a manuscript name (manuscript item) describes an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part. [] identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item by pointing to other elements or resources defining the classification concerned. (structured manuscript item) contains a structured description for an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part. [] identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item by pointing to other elements or resources defining the classification concerned. (alternative name) contains any form of unstructured alternative name used for a manuscript, such as an ocellus nominum, or nickname. [] (manuscript part) contains information about an originally distinct manuscript or part of a manuscript, now forming part of a composite manuscript. [] WARNING: use of deprecated method — the use of the altIdentifier element as a direct child of the msPart element will be removed from the TEI on 2016-09-09 contains description of type of musical notation. [] contains a description of the physical components making up the object which is being described. [] a short project-specific name identifying the physical form of the carrier, for example as a codex, roll, fragment, partial leaf, cutting etc. contains a word or phrase describing the type of object being referred to. [] (origin date) contains any form of date, used to identify the date of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part. [] (origin place) contains any form of place name, used to identify the place of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part. [] contains any descriptive or other information concerning the origin of a manuscript or manuscript part. [] (physical description) contains a full physical description of a manuscript or manuscript part, optionally subdivided using more specialized elements from the model.physDescPart class. [] contains any descriptive or other information concerning a single identifiable episode during the history of a manuscript or manuscript part, after its creation but before its acquisition. [] (recorded history) provides information about the source and revision status of the parent manuscript description itself. [] contains the name of a repository within which manuscripts are stored, possibly forming part of an institution. [] contains the text of any rubric or heading attached to a particular manuscript item, that is, a string of words through which a manuscript signals the beginning of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some way set off from the text itself, usually in red ink, or by use of different size or type of script, or some other such visual device. [] contains a description of the scripts used in a manuscript or similar source. [] contains a description of one seal or similar attachment applied to a manuscript. [] specifies whether or not the seal is contemporary with the item to which it is affixed (seal description) describes the seals or other external items attached to a manuscript, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of distinct seal elements, possibly with additional decoNotes. [] (second folio) marks the word or words taken from a fixed point in a codex (typically the beginning of the second leaf) in order to provide a unique identifier for it. [] contains discussion of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex. [] describes the original source for the information contained with a manuscript description. [] contains a word or phrase describing a stamp or similar device. [] contains an overview of the available information concerning some aspect of an item (for example, its intellectual content, history, layout, typography etc.) as a complement or alternative to the more detailed information carried by more specific elements. [] contains a description of the materials etc. which make up the physical support for the written part of a manuscript. [] (support description) groups elements describing the physical support for the written part of a manuscript. [] a short project-defined name for the material composing the majority of the support Suggested values include: 1] paper; 2] parch(parchment) ; 3] mixed paper parch (parchment) mixed contains information about any representations of the manuscript being described which may exist in the holding institution or elsewhere. [] contains a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the printing of an incunable or other printed source. [] contains a word or phrase describing a watermark or similar device. [] contains a measurement measured along the axis parallel to the bottom of the written surface, i.e. perpendicular to the spine of a book or codex. []