The list of witnesses or <listWit> , which forms part of the <sourceDesc>, contains the lists of manuscripts, codices, fragments, papyri and bibliography to be cited in the critical apparatus of our edition.
It is appropriate to create a different list for each type of witness, and add to each one its own descriptive header ( <head>). For example:
<listWit n="codetfrag"> <head>Codices et fragmenta</head> <witness xml:id="D"> <abbr type="siglum">D</abbr> codex Collegii S. Iohannis apud Cantabrigienses D 12 saec. X/XI </witness> <witness xml:id="cett"> <abbr type="siglum">cett.</abbr> ceteri codices aut omnes praeter eos qui separatim laudantur </witness> <witness xml:id="N"> <abbr type="siglum">N</abbr> codex Genauensis Bodmerianus (olim Cheltoniensis) saec. X/XI </witness> <listWit copyOf="#N"> <witness xml:id="Nac"> <abbr type="siglum">N<hi rendition="simple:superscript">ac</hi></abbr> codex Genauensis Bodmerianus (olim Cheltoniensis) saec. X/XI <desc>lectio codicis ante correctionem</desc> </witness> <witness xml:id="Npc"> <abbr type="siglum">N<hi rendition="simple:superscript">pc</hi></abbr> codex Genauensis Bodmerianus (olim Cheltoniensis) saec. X/XI <desc>lectio codicis post correctionem</desc> </witness> </listWit> </listWit> <listWit n="laudata"> <head>Opera in apparatu laudata</head> <witness xml:id="Alton1923"> <abbr type="siglum">Alton 1923</abbr> <bibl> <author>Alton, E.H.</author> <date>1923</date> <title level="a">Notes on the <title>Thebaid</title> of Statius</title> <title level="j">CQ</title> <biblScope unit="vol">17</biblScope> <biblScope unit="pp">175-187</biblScope> </bibl> </witness> <witness xml:id="Gronouius1653"> <abbr type="siglum">Gronouius 1653</abbr> <bibl> <editor role="ed.">Gronouius, F.</editor> <date>1653</date> <title level="m">P. Papinii Statii Opera</title> <pubPlace>Amstelodami</pubPlace> </bibl> </witness> </listWit>
As can be seen in the example, the <listWit> are composed of an initial <head> which describes what the list contains (like the <listBibl>), followed by each of the witnesses or <witness> to be cited in the critical apparatus.
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