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witness
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a witness of a text, placed in a stemma or otherwise
Equivalent Entity:
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
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| is_manifestation_of | foreign key | The text of which this item is a physical embodiment and inscription. | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1557 | |||
| observed_on_pages | foreign key | A subdivision of the witness\'s text in an extant document. div | ||||
| last_observed_in_doc | foreign key | The document in which the witness was last observed. |
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| is_unobserved | vocabulary | Whether the entity is attested (True) in a hypothesis or whether it is received as fact that it exists or existed (False). |
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| claim_freetext | text | [Temporary] Brief note about the hypothesis that attests to this record\'s existence. This information is meant to be a temporary note that will eventually be entered into a Hypothesis entity, which should be linked back to this record. | ||||
| used_to_follow_fragment | foreign key | If the witness is a fragment, another fragment that represents an earlier part of the text and the 2 fragments were originally produced as one 1 unit. [linked fragment (pp.1-2)] <--(used to follow)-- [this fragment (pp.3-4)] | ||||
| used_to_follow_witness | foreign key | If the witness was originally with another witness, especially the witness of a different text, in a now lost document, the witness that immediately preceded it in the hypothetical document. [linked witness] <--(used to follow)-- [this witness] |
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| preferred_siglum | text | An abbreviation, usually a letter or a letter with a numeral, assigned to a source. If not siglum has been associated with the witness, use a shelfmark or other shorthand that would serve the purpose of labeling the witness in a stemma. | ||||
| alternative_sigla | text | Other sigla by which the witness is known and which is different than the siglum preferred for making new stemma. | ||||
| status_witness | vocabulary | Survival status of the witness. |
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| status_notes | text | Brief note detailing the entity\'s survival status. |
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| is_excerpt | vocabulary | The witness was never a full manifestation of the text, but offers an excerpt or a citation of the text. |
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| regional_writing_style | foreign key | A regional writing style (aka scripta), similar to the written version of a spoken dialect. | ||||
| scripta_freetext | text | Brief, human-readable description of the writing variant (Scripta) with which this record is associated. |
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| date_of_creation | date | Time when the entity begins to exist. | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P571 | |||
| date_of_creation_certainty | vocabulary | Degree of certainty about the dating of the witness\'s production. |
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| date_of_creation_source | text | Notes about the source of the creation date information, including a human-readable summary or transcription of the time range. Can include a brief bibliographic citation. | ||||
| date_freetext | text | Brief, human-readable description of the date given to this record. |
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scribe | foreign key | The scribe accredited with composing the witness. | ||||
| number_of_hands | float | Number of hands identified in the witness. | ||||
| scribe_note | text | Notes about the source of information for the number of hands or number of scribes. |
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| place_of_creation | foreign key | Place where the entity was conceived or made. | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1071 | |||
| place_of_creation_source | text | Notes along with bibliographic citation about the source of the creation place information. |
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| described_by_source | foreign key | Work where the item is described. Property P1343 \nDescribed in source / written about in / described by encyclopedia / described by reference work | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1343 | |||
| described_at_URL | text | Described at webpage. Property P973 | ||||
| reference_notes | text | Brief notes about a reference and/or citation that should eventually be added to the database and linked to this record. |
| Name | Type | Description | Equivalent Property | Controlled Vocabulary | ||
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| review_status | vocabulary | Status of record\'s preparation for public view. |
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| review_note | text | Information to help with review of this entity. |