September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
7h 20m
English
Not all markup fits neatly into tree structures. The classic case of overlapping markup is tracking the structure of a text such as The Aeneid along with the identity of the scribe (usually a medieval monk) who copied it. This can be important for recognizing likely transcription errors, determining which sources multiple monasteries in different areas shared, whether different versions of a text were extant in the ancient world, and more. It's not uncommon for one scribe to pick up in the middle of a paragraph where another monk left off, as shown below.
<Scribe name="Marcus"> <Stanza> <Verse>ARMA virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris</Verse> <Verse>Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit</Verse> <Verse>litora, multum ...
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