Parameters coding texts and authors
The parameter coding is a stripped version of the Helsinki Corpus parameters. Each collection is preceded with the 'name of text file'
followed by source information
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[^SAMPLE 1 = THE STONOR LETTERS AND PAPERS, 1290-1483. VOLS. I-II. ED. BY KINGSFORD, CHARLES LETHBRIDGE. CAMDEN THIRD SERIES, 29, 30. 1919.
SAMPLE 2 = SUPPLEMENTARY STONOR LETTERS AND PAPERS, 1324-1482. ED. BY KINGSFORD, CHARLES LETHBRIDGE. CAMDEN MISCELLANY 13. CAMDEN THIRD SERIES 34. 1923.^] |
Each letter is preceded by the 'text identifier'
where a three-letter collection code (see Index of Collection Codes in the manual) is followed by date and writer code (see Index of Writer Codes). When the year of the letter is known it is given precisely, as in the example above. If the date is conjectural it is followed by a question mark. When a precise year cannot be suggested the decade is given (please note that 1500S and 1600S indicate the first decade of each century). If even the decade is uncertain, there may be a question mark following the decade.
Next in the coding, each 'text identifier' is followed by the 'author' code, giving the full name of the writer or, in some cases, the title.
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<A THOMAS STONOR1>
<A ABBOT OF NORTON> |
We use the combination of first and last name to identify writers, although some are perhaps better known by their title. So, for example, Lord Burghley is in this corpus consistently William Cecil. This makes it easier to keep track of people who gain new titles year by year, and solves the problem of recreation of titles, as a result of which the various dukes of Norfolk, for instance, might not be related to each other. Writers with the same name are identified by numerals (Thomas Stonor 1, 2, and 3). Kings and Queens are given their titles (e.g. Edward VI) even before coronation. Other royalty are assigned a family name (e.g. Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales). Women have one name throughout, regardless of name changes due to marriage (e.g. Jane Cornwallis remains Cornwallis even after becoming Lady Bacon). Headings of letters often give further information about titles and names. The identification of people and dates may come from a source other than the edition used. In the Plumpton letters we have used the new edition (Kirby 1996) for these purposes, but retained the text from the old edition. Also in the Marchall collection we have benefited from the earlier edition (Lyell 1934).
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Pages are coded as in the Helsinki Corpus.
<P 45>
<P I,38> |
When there are more volumes than one the volume number is indicated as above. Texts edited by us a referred to by folio numbers.
In the WordCruncher version the Q- and P-lines have been altered to the format required by that program.
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|QSTO_1424_T1STONOR
|PI,38 |
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