| Introductory page | Main forme work page | Page numbers | Press figures | Vol. | Signatures | Catchwords |
The TEI provides the <fw> element (which stands
for "forme work") to encode "any of the unchanging portions of a page
forme, such as: running heads, running footers, page
numbers, catch-words, other material repeated from page to page, which
falls outside the stream of the text" (P3, 18.3, 556). The WWP uses a modified version of this element, which we have renamed <mw> or "metawork". This new element covers a slightly larger set of phenomena, characterized by being part of the infrastructure of the printed page rather than part of the flow of the text itself. This includes all of the features listed in the quotation above but also line numbers, headings generated by page or column breaks, and potentially other textual features as well.
Currently, we do not record running headers and running footers. We do record page numbers, catchwords, press figures, and signatures. If you have not read it or if these terms are unfamiliar, read Philip Gaskell's A New Introduction to Bibliography, especially the first chapter (entitled "The Hand-printed Book").
From Bold Stroke For a Husband by Hannah Cowley (pictured on the introductory page to this tutorial):
[an error occurred while processing this directive]<pb n="401"><milestone n="Ddr" unit="sig"><mw type="pageNum" rend="align(right)">123</mw>
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