<lb>
line beginning
marks the beginning of a topographic line in some edition or version of a text.
Attributes
Classes and content
- Member of
- May contain
- empty
- Contained by
cmc
core
- abbr
- add
- address
- addrLine
- author
- bibl
- biblScope
- cit
- citedRange
- corr
- date
- del
- distinct
- editor
- emph
- expan
- foreign
- gloss
- head
- headItem
- headLabel
- hi
- imprint
- item
- l
- label
- lg
- list
- listBibl
- measure
- mentioned
- name
- note
- num
- orig
- p
- publisher
- pubPlace
- q
- quote
- rb
- ref
- reg
- resp
- rs
- rt
- said
- series
- sic
- soCalled
- sp
- speaker
- stage
- street
- term
- textLang
- time
- title
- unclear
- unit
dictionaries
drama
header
msdescription
- accMat
- acquisition
- additions
- catchwords
- collation
- collection
- colophon
- condition
- custEvent
- decoNote
- explicit
- filiation
- finalRubric
- foliation
- heraldry
- incipit
- institution
- layout
- material
- msItem
- musicNotation
- objectType
- origDate
- origin
- origPlace
- provenance
- repository
- rubric
- secFol
- signatures
- source
- stamp
- summary
- support
- surrogates
- typeNote
- watermark
namesdates
nets
textstructure
Note
By convention, lb elements should appear at the point in the text where a new line starts. The @n attribute, if used, indicates the number or other value associated with the text between this point and the next lb element, typically the sequence number of the line within the page, or other appropriate unit. This element is intended to be used for marking the beginning of each new topographic line on a manuscript or printed page, at the point where it occurs; it should not be used to tag structural units such as lines of verse (for which the l element is available) except in circumstances where structural units cannot otherwise be marked.
The @type attribute may be used to characterize the line beginning in any respect. The more specialized attributes @break, @ed, or @edRef should be preferred when the intent is to indicate whether or not the beginning of the new topographic line is word-breaking, or to note the source from which it derives.
Examples
This example shows the encoding of the beginning of each new topographic line within a metrical line, indicating where it occurs in both the 1667 and 1674 editions:
<l>Of Mans First Disobedience,<lb ed="1674"/> and<lb ed="1667"/> the Fruit</l>
<l>Of that Forbidden Tree, whose<lb ed="1667 1674"/> mortal tast</l>
<l>Brought Death into the World,<lb ed="1667"/> and all<lb ed="1674"/> our woe,</l>
This example shows the encoding of the beginning of a new topographical line as a means of preserving the visual appearance of a title page. The @break attribute is used to show that the beginning of the new line does not (as elsewhere) mark the start of a new word.
<titlePart>
<lb/>With Additions, ne-<lb break="no"/>ver before Printed.</titlePart>
Content model
<content>
<empty/>
</content>