indicates whether the passage being quoted is defective, i.e. incomplete through loss or damage. unknown inapplicable identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item by pointing to other elements or resources defining the classification concerned. \S+ (accompanying material) contains details of any significant additional material which may be closely associated with the manuscript or object being described, such as non-contemporaneous documents or fragments bound in with it at some earlier historical period. [] (acquisition) contains any descriptive or other information concerning the process by which a manuscript or manuscript part or other object entered the holding institution. [] (additional) groups additional information, combining bibliographic information about a manuscript or other object, or surrogate copies of it, with curatorial or administrative information. [] (additions) contains a description of any significant additions found within a manuscript or other object, such as marginalia or other annotations. [] (administrative information) contains information about the present custody and availability of the manuscript or other object, and also about the record description itself. [] (alternative identifier) contains an alternative or former structured identifier used for a manuscript or other object, such as a former catalogue number. [] (binding) contains a description of one binding, i.e. type of covering, boards, etc. applied to a manuscript or other object. [] (contemporary) specifies whether or not the binding is contemporary with the majority of its contents. unknown inapplicable (binding description) describes the present and former bindings of a manuscript or other object, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of distinct <binding> elements, one for each binding of the manuscript. [] (catchwords) describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires or similar making up a codex, incunable, or other object typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page. [] The element should not be used outside of msDesc. (collation) contains a description of how the leaves, bifolia, or similar objects are physically arranged. [] (collection) contains the name of a collection of manuscripts or other objects, not necessarily located within a single repository. [] (colophon) contains the colophon of an item: that is, a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason for production of the manuscript or other object. [] (condition) contains a description of the physical condition of the manuscript or object. [] (custodial event) describes a single event during the custodial history of a manuscript or other object. [] (custodial history) contains a description of a manuscript or other object'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 or other object, either as in paragraphs, or as one or more <decoNote> elements. [] (note on decoration) contains a note describing either a decorative component of a manuscript or other object, or a fairly homogenous class of such components. [] (depth) contains a measurement from the front to the back of an object, perpendicular to the measurement given by the <width> element. [] contains any single measurement forming part of a dimensional specification of some sort. [] (dimensions) 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 [^\p{C}\p{Z}]+ (explicit) contains the explicit of a item, that is, the closing words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it. [] (filiation) contains information concerning the manuscript or other object's filiation, i.e. its relationship to other surviving manuscripts or other objects of the same text or contents, its protographs, antigraphs and apographs. [] (final rubric) 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. [] (foliation) describes the numbering system or systems used to count the leaves or pages in a codex or similar object. [] (description of hands) contains a description of all the different hands used in a manuscript or other object. [] (hands) specifies the number of distinct hands identified within the manuscript. (height) contains a measurement measured along the axis at a right angle to the bottom of the object. [] (heraldry) contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc. [] (history) groups elements describing the full history of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object. [] contains the incipit of a manuscript or similar object 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. [] (institution) contains the name of an organization such as a university or library, with which a manuscript or other object is identified, generally its holding institution. [] (layout) describes how text is laid out on the page or surface of the object, including information about any ruling, pricking, or other evidence of page-preparation techniques. [] (columns) specifies the number of columns per page. (textual streams) indicates the number of streams per page, each of which contains an independent textual stream. (ruled lines) specifies the number of ruled lines per column. (written lines) specifies the number of written lines per column. (layout description) collects the set of layout descriptions applicable to a manuscript or other object. [] (locus) defines a location within a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object typically as a (possibly discontinuous) sequence of folio references. [] (scheme) 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. \S+ (from) specifies the starting point of the location in a normalized form, typically a page number. [^\p{C}\p{Z}]+ (to) specifies the end-point of the location in a normalized form, typically as a page number. [^\p{C}\p{Z}]+ (locus group) groups a number of locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous item within a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object. [] (scheme) 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. \S+ (material) contains a word or phrase describing the material of which the object being described is composed. [] describes the function or use of the material in relation to the object as a whole. Sample values include: 1] binding; 2] endband; 3] slipcase; 4] support; 5] tie [^\p{C}\p{Z}]+ identifies one or more elements to which the metamark applies. \S+ (manuscript contents) describes the intellectual content of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of structured manuscript items. [] (manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript or other text-bearing object such as an early printed book. [] Only one is allowed as a child of . (manuscript fragment) contains information about a fragment described in relation to a prior context, typically as a description of a virtual reconstruction of a manuscript or other object whose fragments were catalogued separately. [] (manuscript identifier) contains the information required to identify the manuscript or similar object being described. [] An msIdentifier must contain either a repository or location. (manuscript item) describes an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object. [] (structured manuscript item) contains a structured description for an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object. [] (manuscript name) contains a proper noun or noun phrase used for a manuscript, or other object, as opposed to a formal identification number or classmark. [] (manuscript part) contains information about an originally distinct manuscript or part of a manuscript, which is now part of a composite manuscript. [] (music notation) contains description of type of musical notation. [] (object description) contains a description of the physical components making up the object which is being described. [] (form) a short project-specific name identifying the physical form of the carrier, for example as a codex, roll, fragment, partial leaf, cutting etc. [^\p{C}\p{Z}]+ (object type) 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, manuscript part, or other object. [] (origin place) contains any form of place name, used to identify the place of origin for a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object. [] (origin) contains any descriptive or other information concerning the origin of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object. [] (physical description) contains a full physical description of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object optionally subdivided using more specialized elements from the model.physDescPart class. [] (provenance) contains any descriptive or other information concerning a single identifiable episode during the history of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object after its creation but before its acquisition. [] (recorded history) provides information about the source and revision status of the parent manuscript or object description itself. [] (repository) contains the name of a repository within which manuscripts or other objects are stored, possibly forming part of an institution. [] (rubric) contains the text of any rubric or heading attached to a particular manuscript item, that is, a string of words through which a manuscript or other object 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, typically in red ink, or by use of different size or type of script, or some other such visual device. [] (script description) contains a description of the scripts used in a manuscript or other object. [] (seal) contains a description of one seal or similar applied to the object described. [] (contemporary) specifies whether or not the seal is contemporary with the item to which it is affixed unknown inapplicable (seal description) describes the seals or similar items related to the object described, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of <seal> elements. [] (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. [] The element should not be used outside of msDesc. (signatures) contains discussion of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex or similar object. [] The element should not be used outside of msDesc. (source) describes the original source for the information contained with a manuscript or object description. [] (stamp) contains a word or phrase describing a stamp or similar device. [] contains an overview of the available information concerning some aspect of an item or object (for example, its intellectual content, history, layout, typography etc.) as a complement or alternative to the more detailed information carried by more specific elements. [] (support) contains a description of the materials etc. which make up the physical support for the written part of a manuscript or other object. [] (support description) groups elements describing the physical support for the written part of a manuscript or other object. [] (material) 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 [^\p{C}\p{Z}]+ (surrogates) contains information about any representations of the manuscript or other object being described which may exist in the holding institution or elsewhere. [] (typeface description) contains a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the printing of an incunable or other printed source. [] (typographic note) describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature distinguished within the description of a printed resource. [] (watermark) contains a word or phrase describing a watermark or similar device. [] (width) contains a measurement of an object along the axis parallel to its bottom, e.g. perpendicular to the spine of a book or codex. []