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Template:Infobox medieval text
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Infobox medieval text | |
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Usage
Copy-paste this empty template. Explanations of the parameters is given below. For an infobox template intended for individual manuscripts, see Template:infobox manuscript.
{{Infobox medieval text <!----------Name----------> | name = | alternative title(s) = <!----------Image----------> | image = | width = | caption = <!----------Information----------> | full title = | also known as = | author(s) = | ascribed to = | compiled by = | illustrated by = | patron = | dedicated to = | audience = | language = | date = | state of existence = <!----------Manuscript Information----------> | genre = | series = | archetype(s) = | manuscript(s) = | principal manuscript(s)= | first printed edition = | wiktenauer compilation by= | below = }}
Parameter description
Title of text | |
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title in English or in the original language; non-English title in appropriate (e.g. Greek) script. Alternative titles which do not belong here can be entered in the title fields of the main body below. | |
image width is set at 225px by default, but may be adjusted if appropriate. | |
brief description of image. | |
Full Title | full title. |
Also Known as | alternative titles which do not belong in the subheader. |
Author(s) | author(s) of the text (not be confused with scribe(s)). |
Ascribed to | ascribed author, if the case for authorship rests on a medieval authority, but is not universally acknowledged by modern scholars. |
Compiled by | the medieval person (often a scribe or the scribe's master) responsible for compiling and arranging the text. |
Illustrated by | medieval illustrator. Please also indicate the relevant manuscript(s). |
Patron | patron (who may or may not be addressed in the text) |
Dedicated to | dedicatee (who may or may not be the same person as the patron) |
Audience | audience of the text (intended or not), if sufficiently known and noteworthy, e.g. the nuns addressed in Aldhelm's De Laude Virginitatis. |
Date | (approximate) date of composition, or date range. |
Sources | source(s) from which the text or compilation is derived. |
State of Existence | if appropriate, mark as hypothetical, fictitious or legendary; fragmentary or incomplete. |
Genre | genre or text type. |
Series | series of which the text is part. |
Language | language(s) used by the text, e.g. Middle High German, Old Norse, Hiberno-Latin, etc. |
Manuscript(s) | list of manuscripts. |
Principal Manuscript(s) | principal manuscript. |
First Printed English Edition |
first printed edition. |
Wiktenauer Compilation by |
author of the compilation used for the Wiktenauer layout. |
text in bottom cell, intended for footnotes, see-also, and other such information. |
{{Infobox medieval text <!----------Name----------> | name = Title of text | alternative title(s) = title in English or in the original language; non-English title in appropriate (e.g. Greek) script. Alternative titles which do not belong here can be entered in the title fields of the main body below. <!----------Image----------> | image = "file:example.jpg", image appropriate to the text. | width = image width is set at 225px by default, but may be adjusted if appropriate. | caption = brief description of image. <!----------Information----------> | full title = full title. | also known as = alternative titles which do not belong in the subheader. | author(s) = author(s) of the text (not be confused with scribe(s)). | ascribed to = ascribed author, if the case for authorship rests on a medieval authority, but is not universally acknowledged by modern scholars. | compiled by = the medieval person (often a scribe or the scribe's master) responsible for compiling and arranging the text. | illustrated by = medieval illustrator. Please also indicate the relevant manuscript(s). | patron = patron (who may or may not be addressed in the text). | dedicated to = dedicatee (who may or may not be the same person as the patron). | audience = audience of the text (intended or not), if sufficiently known and noteworthy, e.g. the nuns addressed in Aldhelm's ''De Laude Virginitatis''. | language = language(s) used by the text, e.g. Middle High German, Old Norse, Hiberno-Latin, etc. | date = (approximate) date of composition, or date range. | date of issue = date when a law was promulgated, charter issued, etc. | provenance = place of origin, e.g. region or monastic house. | state of existence = if appropriate, mark as hypothetical, fictitious or legendary; fragmentary or incomplete. | authenticity = spurious or fabricated. | series = series of which the text is part. | manuscript(s) = list of manuscripts. | MS class 1 = additional fields using the full box width, intended for more extensive information on manuscripts. | MS class 2 = | MS class 3 = | MS class 4 = | MS class 5 = | MS class 6 = | MS class 7 = | principal manuscript(s)= principal manuscript. | first printed edition= first printed edition. | wiktenauer compilation by= author of the compilation used for the Wiktenauer layout. <!----------Form and content----------> | verse form = prosodic features, rhyme, alliteration, etc. | length = number of words, lines, folios, etc. | illustration(s) = brief description of medieval illustration(s). | genre = genre or text type. | subject = brief description of subject or theme(s). | setting = setting, such as period and locale; usually for literature. | period covered = (approximate) period. For historical works, one may want to specify the years covered by the entries, e.g. for ''Annals of Tigernach'', AD 34-378 (Dublin fragment); AD 142-361 (2nd fragment), etc. | personages = (leading) characters in a literary text, or historical personages. | personages (long list)= additional fields using the full box width, intended for longer lists of personages. | sources = source(s) from which the text or compilation is derived. | below = text in bottom cell, intended for footnotes, see-also, and other such information. }}
Example
Hemming's Cartulary | |
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Liber Wigorniensis and Hemming's Cartulary proper | |
Page from Hemming's Cartulary, this is folio 121 of the manuscript | |
Author(s) | Hemming (2nd part) |
Compiled by | Hemming (2nd part) |
Date | mostly 996 x 1016 (Liber Wigorniensis); late 11th / early 12th century (2nd part) |
Genre | Cartulary |
Language | medieval Latin |
Manuscript(s) | Cotton Tiberius A xiii |
First Printed English Edition |
1723 by Thomas Hearne |
{{Infobox medieval text <!----------Name----------> | name = ''Hemming's Cartulary'' | alternative title(s) = ''Liber Wigorniensis'' and Hemming's Cartulary proper | image = File:Hemmingscartfolio121.jpg | width = | caption = Page from Hemming's Cartulary, this is folio 121 of the manuscript <!----------Information----------> | author(s) = Hemming (2nd part) | compiled by = Hemming (2nd part) | patron = | dedicated to = | audience = | language = medieval Latin | date = mostly 996 x 1016 (''Liber Wigorniensis''); late 11th / early 12th century (2nd part) | provenance = [[Worcester Cathedral]] | authenticity = contains some spurious charters | first printed edition = 1723 by [[Thomas Hearne]] | manuscript(s) = Cotton Tiberius A xiii <!----------Form and content----------> | genre = [[Cartulary]] | subject = [[Charter]]s of [[Worcester Cathedral]] | setting = | period covered = 10th and 11th century | personages = [[Cnut]], [[William the Conqueror]], others }}
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