<p>

Validation Information:

[table border="1" colwidth="115"]

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 [/table]


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:

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

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:

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