<damage>
| <damage> contains an area of damage to the text witness. 11.5.1 Damage, Illegibility, and Supplied Text | |
| Module | transcr — 11 Representation of Primary Sources | 
| In addition to global attributes | att.typed (@type, @subtype) att.damaged (@hand, @agent, @degree, @group) (att.dimensions (@unit, @quantity, @extent, @precision, @scope) (att.ranging (@atLeast, @atMost, @min, @max)) ) | 
| Used by | |
| May contain | core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic hi index label lb list listBibl measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear  gaiji: g  msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width  namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listOrg listPerson listPlace nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname  | 
| Declaration | 
 element damage { att.global.attributes, att.typed.attributes, att.damaged.attributes, att.dimensions.attributes, att.ranging.attributes, macro.paraContent } | 
| Example | <l>The Moving Finger wri<damage agent="water" group="1">es; and</damage> having writ,</l> <l>Moves <damage agent="water" group="1"> <supplied>on: nor all your</supplied> </damage> Piety nor Wit</l> | 
| Note | 
                           Since damage to text witnesses frequently makes them harder to
                        read, the damage element will often contain an
                        unclear element.  If the damaged area is not continuous
                        (e.g. a stain affecting several strings of text), the
                        group attribute may be used to group together several
                        related damage elements; alternatively the join
                        element may be used to indicate which damage and
                        unclear elements are part of the same physical
                        phenomenon.
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