Object Description
Simona Stoyanova
King’s College London
Gabriel Bodard
University of London
Pietro Liuzzo
Universität Hamburg
Elli Mylonas
Brown University
Parts of an Epidoc document
<teiHeader>
Metadata about the source, transcription, encoding, responsibility
<facsimile>
Links to and information about images
<text>
The inscription itself, and commentary
Inside the <teiHeader>
<fileDesc> info about encoded file
<sourceDesc> info about source text
<msDesc>
<physDesc>
<history>
<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:lang="en"> <teiHeader>
<fileDesc>
<titleStmt>…</titleStmt>
<publicationStmt>…</publicationStmt>
<sourceDesc>
<msDesc>
<physDesc>
<objectDesc>
…
</objectDesc>
<handDesc>
…
</handDesc>
</physDesc>
<history>
…
</history>
</msDesc>
</sourceDesc>
More teiHeader
These are optional sections, FYI
<encodingDesc>
Information about encoding methods, including controlled vocabularies
<profileDesc>
Information about the texts (calendar used, list of hands)
Who did what, and when!
Epidoc doesn’t require, but highly recommended
<revisionDesc>
<change when=”2017-05-02”
who=”John Smith”>What was changed
</change>
…more changes…
</revisionDesc>
<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:lang="en"> <teiHeader>
<fileDesc>
<titleStmt>…</titleStmt>
<publicationStmt>…</publicationStmt>
<sourceDesc>
<msDesc>
<physDesc>
…
</physDesc>
<history>
…
</history>
</msDesc>
</sourceDesc>
Elements of physical description
<physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a marble stele, cut down for reuse as a column capital: w. 0.365, h. 0.365, d. 0.30. Roughly incised palm branches at the ends of lines 2 and 4.</p>� </support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout>Inscribed on the only surviving face.</layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., 0.03,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>�</physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a <material>marble</material> stele, cut down for reuse as a column capital: w. 0.365, h. 0.365, d. 0.30. Roughly incised palm branches at the ends of lines 2 and 4.</p>� </support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout>Inscribed on the only surviving face.</layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., 0.03,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>�</physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a <material>marble</material> <objectType>stele</objectType>, cut down for reuse as a column capital: w. 0.365, h. 0.365, d. 0.30. Roughly incised palm branches at the ends of lines 2 and 4.</p>� </support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout>Inscribed on the only surviving face.</layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., 0.03,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>�</physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a <material ref="material.xml#m">marble</material> <objectType ref="object.xml#stele">stele</objectType>, cut down for reuse as a column capital: w. 0.365, h. 0.365, d. 0.30. Roughly incised palm branches at the ends of lines 2 and 4.</p>� </support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout>Inscribed on the only surviving face.</layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., 0.03,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>�</physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a <material>marble</material> <objectType>stele</objectType>, cut down for reuse as a column capital: <dimensions>
<width>0.365</width>
<height>0.365</height>
<depth>0.30</depth>
</dimensions>.
Roughly incised palm branches at the ends of lines 2 and 4.</p>
</support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout>Inscribed on the only surviving face.</layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., 0.03,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>�</physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a <material>marble</material> <objectType>stele</objectType>, cut down for reuse as a column capital: <dimensions><width>0.365</width><height>0.365</height> <depth>0.30</depth></dimensions>. Roughly incised <rs type="decoration">palm branches</rs> at the ends of lines 2 and 4.</p>
</support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout>Inscribed on the only surviving face.</layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., 0.03,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>�</physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a <material>marble</material> <objectType>stele</objectType>, cut down for reuse as a column capital: <dimensions><width>0.365</width><height>0.365</height> <depth>0.30</depth></dimensions>.</p>
</support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout>Inscribed on the only surviving face.</layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., 0.03,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>
<decoDesc>
<decoNote>Roughly incised palm branches at the ends of lines 2 and 4.
</decoNote>
</decoDesc>�</physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a <material>marble</material> <objectType>stele</objectType>, cut down for reuse as a column capital: <dimensions><width>0.365</width><height>0.365</height> <depth>0.30</depth></dimensions>. Roughly incised <rs type="decoration">palm branches</rs> at the ends of lines 2 and 4.</p>
</support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout><rs type=“execution” key=“scalpro”>Inscribed</rs> on the only surviving face.<dimensions/></layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., 0.03,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>�</physDesc>
<physDesc>� <objectDesc>� <supportDesc>� <support>� <p>Part of a <material>marble</material> <objectType>stele</objectType>, cut down for reuse as a column capital: <dimensions><width>0.365</width><height>0.365</height> <depth>0.30</depth></dimensions>. Roughly incised <rs type="decoration">palm branches</rs> at the ends of lines 2 and 4.</p>
</support>� </supportDesc>� <layoutDesc>� <layout><rs type=“execution” key=“scalpro”>Inscribed</rs> on the only surviving face.<dimensions/></layout>� </layoutDesc>� </objectDesc>� <handDesc>� <handNote>Probably first century A.D., <height>0.03</height>,� rather lightly cut between guide-lines; L for ἐτῶν; bars� above L and the figure in line 2.</handNote>� </handDesc>�</physDesc>
Texts in multiple parts
<msDesc>
<msPart xml:id="p1">
</msPart>
<msPart xml:id="p2">
</msPart>
</msDesc>
Texts in multiple parts
simple example at
https://telamon.uni-sofia.bg/epi/view_ins/Tlmn2_0001
<msDesc>
<msPart xml:id="p1">
<msIdentifier><idno/></msIdentifier>
<physDesc>
<objectDesc>
<supportDesc>
<support>
<watermark/>
<material key="Parchment"/>
<objectType>Codex</objectType>
</support>
<extent>
<measure unit="leaf"></measure>
<measure unit="leaf" type="blank"></measure>
<measure unit="quire"></measure>
<dimensions><height/><width/><depth/><dimensions>
</extent>
</msPart>
</msDesc>
Texts in multiple parts:
common features
<msDesc>
<msIdentifier></msIdentifier>
<history></history>
<msPart xml:id="p1">
<physDesc></physDesc>
</msPart>
<msPart xml:id="p2">
<physDesc></physDesc>
</msPart>
</msDesc>