Dear Dominik, In the Cambridge digital catalogue we have adopted a kind of descriptive solution and used <g>¦</g>. I guess this element can be enhanced with a series of ad hoc attributes. This is yet another case where we adopted a minimal tagging with the view of coordinating with colleagues in the future. I really think that the time is ripe for us to coordinate our efforts in a more systematic way – I know, I sound like a broken record. Best wishes, Camillo ________________________________ Dr Camillo A. Formigatti John Clay Sanskrit Librarian Bodleian Libraries The Weston Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG Email: camillo.formigatti@bodleian.ox.ac.uk<mailto:camillo.formigatti@bodleian.ox.ac.uk> Tel. (office): 01865 (2)77208 www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk<http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/> GROW YOUR MIND in Oxford University’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums www.mindgrowing.org<http://www.mindgrowing.org/> From: Indic-texts <indic-texts-bounces@lists.tei-c.org> On Behalf Of Dominik Wujastyk Sent: 10 November 2019 23:16 To: Charles Li <cchli@cantab.net>; INDIC-TEXTS <indic-texts@lists.tei-c.org> Subject: [Indic-texts] Devanagari hyphen I've got some manuscripts that use a line-ending filler, a bit like the Roman-script hyphen. In one case, I think it explains a false reading in an apograph. My B witness (pṛṣṭhamātra but undated) reads [image.png] That's yasya with a line-filling character that looks like a daṇḍa. But it isn't a daṇḍa. The nearest thing I can call it is a scribe's hyphen. The line below, pra- is the same. The full word is pra-bhākaraḥ. It wouldn't be right to transcribe as daṇḍa. But more to the point, I want to record that this Devanāgarī "hyphen" suggests that the reading yasyā in witness U is a crux showing U to be an apograph of B. I've inserted an explanatory <note> into the transcription of B at this point: yasya|<note anchored="true" type="comment on reading">This end-of-line daṇḍa may show that the yasyā reading in U proves U to be an apograph.</note><lb/> But there must be a better way of expressing all this. Any ideas? Best, Dominik
