Abbreviation and expansion tags

For simple and uncomplicated abbreviations and expansions, where the expansion comes directly after the abbreviation mark, which is usually the case, we use the following tag:

<am></am><ex></ex>

AM means abbreviation mark. Between <am> and </am> you put the abbreviation mark the scribe is using, such as a combining macron (a line on top of the previous letter), a superscript letter, a hook, a line through a consonant, or a symbol such as 'con' or 'us'.

EX means expansion. Between <ex> and </ex> you put whatever it is that the abbreviation mark represents.

When you come across an abbreviation in the folio, the best thing to do is check the Textual Communities Estoria de Espanna page's Transcription Guidelines wiki. Here is where you will find a list of the most commonly used abbreviations and expansions. You can normally copy and paste the example you need straight from the page. 

This is the page you need:

And if you scroll down you will find this section with many of the abbreviations and expansions you will need to use:

This is the most up-to-date list of the tags, so it is better to copy and paste tags from there than from anywhere else. Also, if the members of the Estoria team notice that there is a particular abbreviation that appears several times, they may add this to the list on the wiki, so keep an eye on it.

There are too many abbreviations and expansions to go through all of them, but here are a few of the most common:

1. Abbreviated 'Que' with a capital 'Q' and tag:

2. Abbreviated 'que' example and tag:

3. Macron representing a letter 'n' example and tag:

4. 'sus' with 'us' abbreviation mark example and tag:

If you want to see a more extensive list, have a look on the wiki mentioned above.

In some hands you will see that macrons used as abbreviation marks sometimes appear to be over more than one letter. These are elongated macrons. Have a look at the example:

You can see that the macron seems to be over the 'omo'. 

For our purposes, we have taken the decision that in cases such as these, the macron will be tagged as if it is only on top of the letter before the letter which has been missed out. 

For the above example we would use the following tag: com<am>̄</am><ex>m</ex>o

This tag means that in the diplomatic version of the final online edition this word will then appear as: com̄o

and it will appear in the edited version as: commo