<collection>
| <collection> contains the name of a collection of manuscripts, not necessarily located within a single repository. 10.4 The Manuscript Identifier | |
| Module | msdescription — 10 Manuscript Description | 
| In addition to global attributes | att.naming (@role, @nymRef) (att.canonical (@key, @ref)) | 
| Used by | |
| May contain | gaiji: g  | 
| Declaration | 
 element collection { att.global.attributes, att.naming.attributes, att.canonical.attributes, macro.xtext } | 
| Example | <msIdentifier> <country>USA</country> <region>California</region> <settlement>San Marino</settlement> <repository>Huntington Library</repository> <collection>Ellesmere</collection> <idno>El 26 C 9</idno> <msName>The Ellesmere Chaucer</msName> </msIdentifier> | 
