Tagging marginalia

If you come across notes or comments in the margin, there are several versions of the marginalia tag that will help show the position of the marginalia.

You can find the most up-to-date versions of the tag in the transcription guidelines wiki.

Deciding where to place the marginalia tag within your transcription

Whenever you come across a marginalia, you must decide which column the marginalia relates to: column a or b. You can usually judge this as the scribe will repeat a word or phrase that appears somewhere in column a or b. 

1. Notes in the left and right margins

If a note relates to the first column (column a), a scribe will usually have more space to write in the space left margin. If it relates to the second column (column b) then the marginalia will likely appear in the right margin. 

Look at this example:

The marginalia occurs to the right of column b:

In the above example, 'agueros' appears next to the text in line 92. The tag should be placed after the line break tag.

2. Notes in the top and bottom margins

Notes may also appear in the top or bottom margin.

Look at this example:

The marginalia here draws attention to the epic hero Mudarra González. It corresponds to line 47, where we can see 'Mudarra gonçalez' in the penultimate line of column a. You should use the bottom margin tag after the line break.

In the final edition, the marginalia will appear next to the left or right of the relevant column.