I'm looking at the beginning of St Alexius (f. 233v), and there is some pretty tricky representation of the stanza structure. The rhyme scheme is aabccb, and the b-rhymes are written to the right of the a- and c-rhymes with red lines drawn from the beginning of the third line to the ends of the first two, and from the beginning of the sixth line to the ends of the fourth and fifth. Oh, sod it, here's a picture:
I was thinking of something like this for the encoding:
<lg>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.1">Sitteþ stille wiþouten strif<metamark function="verse-connector"
rend="line" target="#bodllaudmisc108.11.3"/></l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.2">and I schal telle ȝou þe lif<metamark function="verse-connector"
rend="line" target="#bodllaudmisc108.11.3"/></l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.3">Of an holy man</l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.4">Alex was his ryȝte name<metamark function="verse-connector"
rend="line" target="#bodllaudmisc108.11.6"/></l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.5">To serue god þoute him no schame<metamark
function="verse-connector" rend="line" target="#bodllaudmisc108.11.6"/></l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.6">ȝ þerof neuere he ne blan</l>
</lg>
A simpler version would be the following:
<lg>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.1">Sitteþ stille wiþouten strif</l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.2">and I schal telle ȝou þe lif</l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.3">Of an holy man<metamark function="verse-connector"
rend="line" target="#bodllaudmisc108.11.1 #bodllaudmisc108.11.2"/></l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.4">Alex was his ryȝte name</l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.5">To serue god þoute him no schame</l>
<l xml:id="bodllaudmisc108.11.6">ȝ þerof neuere he ne blan<metamark
function="verse-connector" rend="line" target="#bodllaudmisc108.11.4
#bodllaudmisc108.11.5"/></l>
</lg>
I'm not sure if the second one validates or if it captures what is happening any better. The lines drawn from the "bob" (for lack of a better term) aren't directed, but each of the the above implies that they are, either from the "bob" or to the "bob".
A separate question is how we will display this. If CSS is even up to the task, we may have to invent a special @type or @rend for this type of stanza. For comparison, see the posts starting in April 2015 in issue #24.
I'm looking at the beginning of St Alexius (f. 233v), and there is some pretty tricky representation of the stanza structure. The rhyme scheme is aabccb, and the b-rhymes are written to the right of the a- and c-rhymes with red lines drawn from the beginning of the third line to the ends of the first two, and from the beginning of the sixth line to the ends of the fourth and fifth. Oh, sod it, here's a picture:
I was thinking of something like this for the encoding:
A simpler version would be the following:
I'm not sure if the second one validates or if it captures what is happening any better. The lines drawn from the "bob" (for lack of a better term) aren't directed, but each of the the above implies that they are, either from the "bob" or to the "bob".
A separate question is how we will display this. If CSS is even up to the task, we may have to invent a special
@typeor@rendfor this type of stanza. For comparison, see the posts starting in April 2015 in issue #24.