Extracted distinct instances of abbreviations
Posted by mholmes on 02 Feb 2007 in Activity log
Met with Karin to discuss the project, and looked through materials available on the current site. Started reading through the XML markup and getting familiar with the abbreviation system. All instances of parenthetical character representations appear to be in <abbr> tags, with sibling <expan>s, which helps a bit.
Wrote some XSLT to extract instances of abbreviations marked with parentheses, along with their contexts:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0"
xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:text>LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE TEXT
</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="count(distinct-values(//tei:body//tei:abbr[contains(., '{')]))" /><xsl:text> distinct abbr elements found which contain parentheses.
</xsl:text>
<xsl:for-each select="//tei:body//tei:abbr">
<xsl:variable name="TheAbbr" select="./text()" />
<xsl:if test="not(preceding::tei:abbr[text() = $TheAbbr])"><xsl:value-of select="$TheAbbr"/><xsl:text>
</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="parent::node()/parent::node()" /><xsl:text>
</xsl:text></xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This is the resulting list:
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE TEXT
56 distinct abbr elements found which contain parentheses.
{n'}
yor lovyng Iyes can
e
{n'}
not hide
yogh
& thow
gh
yogh
t ryght sure none had theym sene
{es}
all thowgth theye be of dyvers skooll
es
{es}
thenerprice
I quite
thenterprice
the enterprise
of that that I have lost
{{th}+t+}
to folow
that
{{th}+t+}
whyche dothe me chace
{p`}
my pen I p
ri
{p`}
the wryght nomore
{w+t+}
that tyme ys past w
ith
{w+t+}
drawe therffore
{_y}
now hast thow browght my my
n
{_y}
de to passe
{r'}
At last w
ith
{w+t+}
draw yowr
e
{r'}
It is possible that the 'e' is not
indicated. Further study and comparison is needed on this
usage.cruellte
e9
my
though
thought
and mye dysyr
e
e9
d,
when into ashys it shuld
e
d,
turn
e
e9
{o-}
And maky
es
{o-}
myn ey
es
{o-}
expresse
{u'}
a and ou
er
{u'}
whelmd my hart
{d,}
Butt if thatt that
he wold
e
{d,}
The d+e abbreviation is uncommon after the
15th century (Petti 23).haue my death
_y
that you ther be myn ey
n
_y
e myght bleyr
{_o}
desyryng in fere & dare not co
m
{_o}
playn
{{s}8}
els thus to s
er
{{s}8}
ve & suffer styll I must
{_u}
I hate that was su
m
{_u}
tyme all my delyght
{p+}
at last p
er
{p+}
chawnce shall be hys remedye
{{th}+e+}
fortune allways I have
the
{{th}+e+}
fownd vnIust
{9}
p
ri
{p`}
m
us
{9}
{q+d+}
fynys q
uod
{q+d+}
net
{u_}
secu
n
{u_}
d
us
{9}
{p'}
Yowre ferefull hope cannot p
re
{p'}
vayle
gA}
but yeld me to her g
ra
gA}
race allway
{t'}
A bett
er
{t'}
proffe I se
that
{{th}+t+}
ye wold have
{p3}
The hart & s
er
{{s}8}
vys to yow p
ro
{p3}
fferd
{t+e+}
the thowght the mynd &
the
{t+e+}
entent
{gA}
she vnto whome I Sy sue for g
ra
{gA}
ce
{v'}
w
ith
{w+t+}
in on hert so dyv
er
{v'}
se mynd
{m'}
as led to grave in m
ar
{m'}
ble The expansion to 'ar' is a
variant to 'er' (Cappelli xxxvii). stone
{_a}
may cha
n
{_a}
ce
eche care cawsythe increse by
XX
t
es
{es}
twenties
fold
{_e}
eu
er
{u'}
y man that hathe wytt . gretly wyll the
m
{_e}
prayse
{_n}
bur
n
{_n}
ing
{(th)+u+}
how thy lady dose and
thou
{(th)+u+}
shalt know
bracket encloses two lines
of myn
{p1}
My lady ys wnkynd p
er
{p1}
dy
{{th}+en+}
may mor
e
{r'}
prevayll
yen
{{th}+en+}
then
{{th}+en+}
Presumably, the scribe intended to write
the 'en' as supralinear, creating the abbreviation for
'then.'ryght or
e
{r'}
myght
{{th}+is+}
syns well ye knowe
this
{{th}+is+}
paynfull fytt
{{th}+er+}
As
I
Alous
Ialous, ie. jealous
dyspyte dyd / tho
there
{{th}+er+}
war
e
{r'}
This particular abbreviation is not
included in the RET codes, but it is a connected apostrophe that follows
a consonant and indicates an omitted 'e' (Petti 22-3) no bote /
thest
from este to west from west to
thest
the east
so dothe his Iorney lye
{{th}+us+}
thus
{{th}+us+}
of that hope that dothe my lyf somthyng susteyne
thunesy
thunesy
the uneasy
lyf I lede dothe teche me for to mete
{(th}+em+}
the flowds the sees / the land & hills
that
{{th}+t+}
doth
them
{(th}+em+}
ent
er
{t'}
met
then flamyd
If suche record alas provoke
then flamyd
the enflamed
mynde
thaccovmred
as doth
thaccovmred
the accumbered
sprite thoughtfull throws discouer
{o+r+}
of fiers delyght of fervent loue
that
{{th}+t+}
in o
ur
{o+r+}
hart
es
{es}
we cou
er
{u'}
{{th}+u+}
by twene her brest
es
{es}
she shall
thou
{{th}+u+}
put
there
{{th}+re+}
shall
se
she
thee
{{th}+e+}
res
er
{{s}8}
ue
{{th}+re+}
by twene her brest
es
{es}
she shall
thou
{{th}+u+}
put
there
{{th}+re+}
shall
se
she
thee
{{th}+e+}
res
er
{{s}8}
ue
{d'}
to suche as vnd
er
{d'}
stand
thabuse
thabuse
the abuse
Wherin they bee
{g'}
I lyke not so to lyng
er
{g'}
fforthe
{c'}
nay nay c
er
{c'}
tayn I wyll not soo
{p2}
so by the p
ro
{p2}
fe of thys consent
theternall
My loue ys lyke vnto
theternall
the eternal
fyre
{w+r+}
wher lyved my hope now ded forew
er
{w+r+}
A large ink blot follows the line,
obliterating what may have been the written-out 'er' of forewer, which
the scribe may have appended with the supralinear.
The abbreviation is unique within the
ms.
{_m}
Sum sum
m
{_m}
say I love sum say I moke
{t+r+}
when
that
{{th}+t+}
my hert wepith and sithyth full bitt
er
{t+r+}
ly A superscript 'r' following a
't' indicates an omitted 'er' or 'ur' (Cappelli xliv).
{_on}
and
thou
{{th}+u+}
hast thyne of thy owne co
n
{_o}
dic
ion
{_on}
thonorable
w
ith
{w+t+}
thonorable
the honorable
hed ded him presente
y+t+
soo chaunsith yt oft
that
y+t+
everye passhion
{_i}
contynuallye maye wri
n
{_i}
ge
{tA}
patiens tho I had nott
This is the incipit of the linked
poem.the &c / to her
that
{{th}+t+}
saide this patiens was not for her but
that
{{th}+t+}
the co
n
{_o}
t
ra
{tA}
rye of myne was most metiste for her porposse /
texepresse
have stopt yor coursse & plainle
texepresse
to express
{m+r+}
Cruell desire my
master
{m+r+}
The abbreviation is highly stylized. Part
of the 'm' is uninked. See also, a slightly different version on line 5
of She sat and sewid that hathe done me the
wronge. For the abbreviation, see Cappelli 225.&
my foo.
tencrese
had prickid my herte for
tencrese
to encrese
my sore
y+t+}
to waile my wrong
that
y+t+}
I wa
n
{_a}
te teris
tessaye
Therefore fere not
tessaye
to essay
texcuse
assurid bye crafte .
texcuse
to excuse
thye faute
tendles
thus brought fro
m
{_o}
welthe / alas
tendles
to endless
paine
tattaine
Nothi
n
{_i}
g regardi
n
{_i}
g but love
tattaine
to attain
{q+i+}
To make rehersall of old antiq
ui
{q+i+}
tye
tendyght
wiche meane nothing but trulye
tendyght
to endite
{}
Dyve
r
{}
s At the present time, there is no
abbrevation code that fits this particular situation.dothe vse as
I have hard & kno
{{th}'}
wha
n
{_a}
that
{{th}+t+}
to chau
n
{_u}
ge Petti says a macron shaped with
a curve and a dot beneath is an older form still in use in the 15th
century (22).
their
{{th}'}
lad
es
{es}
do beginne
{w+c+}
the hart
es
{es}
of the
m
{_e}
which
{w+c+}
other where dothe gro.
{{th}+ei+}
& wit
thei
{{th}+ei+}
lak
that
{{th}+t+}
wolde make mone
tasswage
so ys there tyme suche madnes
tasswage
to assuage
/
thextremitye
of loves craft
thextremitye
the extremity
{t}
that aft
er
{t}
shall
