<p>

Validation Information:

Rules

 Values

Contained by:

 <body>|<div>|<metamark>

May contain:

 <add>|<anchor/>|<choice>|<date>|<del>|<delSpan/>|<floatingText>|<lg>|<metamark>|<name>|<note>|<num>|<pb/>|<restore>|<seg>|<sic>|<stamp>|<unclear>

Attributes:

 none

What is it?

Strictly speaking, the <p> tag is only used to mark paragraphs in prose. When transcribing manuscripts (not typescripts!), however, formatting and hierarchical issues oblige us to use it to open and close every <div type="page"> as well. A typical manuscript page will therefore be transcribed as follows:

<div type="page" rend="recto" n="01r">
	<pb n="01r"/>
	<p>
		<seg>…</seg>
		<seg>…</seg>
		<seg>…</seg>
		<seg>…</seg>
	</p>
</div>

If the first two sentences (<seg>) of that page are separated from the second two sentences by means of a paragraph break, the page is transcribed as follows:

<div type="page" rend="recto" n="01r">
	<pb n="01r"/>
	<p>
		<seg>…</seg>
		<seg>…</seg>
	</p>
	<p>
		<seg>…</seg>
		<seg>…</seg>
	</p>
</div>