It's evident that Coverdale frequently used Roman numerals in the text.
Many of these are in compound numbers, where the first and second part of the word are separated by a period. e.g. v.C. for 500 (i.e. five hundred).
There are also numbers that include the word and or it's equivalent &.
e.g. L. and ij.C: towarde the south,
Aside: Observe the unusual use of the letter j after the letter i in this example.
i.e. When there are 2, 3 or 4 letters, the final i' is replaced by aj'.
NB. The number 4 is represented as iiij rather than iv even though the number 9 is represented as ix.
IMHO, it would make sense to markup all such occurrences with a suitable XML element.
However, OSIS does not have anything allocated particularly for Roman numerals.
We may therefore need to adapt the abbreviation element abbr for this markup.
It's evident that Coverdale frequently used Roman numerals in the text.
Many of these are in compound numbers, where the first and second part of the word are separated by a period. e.g.
v.C.for 500 (i.e. five hundred).There are also numbers that include the word
andor it's equivalent&. e.g.L. and ij.C: towarde the south,Aside: Observe the unusual use of the letter
jafter the letteriin this example. i.e. When there are 2, 3 or 4 letters, the finali' is replaced by aj'.NB. The number 4 is represented as
iiijrather thaniveven though the number 9 is represented asix.IMHO, it would make sense to markup all such occurrences with a suitable XML element. However, OSIS does not have anything allocated particularly for Roman numerals. We may therefore need to adapt the abbreviation element abbr for this markup.