<pb>

<pb> (page break) marks the boundary between one page of a text and the next in a standard reference system. 3.10.3 Milestone Elements
Modulecore — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents
AttributesIn addition to global attributes
ed(edition) indicates the edition or version in which the page break is located at this point
Status Recommended
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.code"/>
data.code
Values Any string of characters; usually a siglum conventionally used for the edition.
Used by model.milestoneLike
May containEmpty element
Declaration

<rng:element name="pb">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="ed">
  <rng:ref name="data.code"/>
 </rng:attribute>
</rng:optional>
<rng:empty/>
</rng:element>
element pb { att.global.attributes, attribute ed { data.code }?, empty }
Example

Page numbers may vary in different editions of a text.

<p>...
<pb n="145" ed="ed2"/>
<!-- Page 145 in edition "ed2" starts here -->
...
<pb n="283" ed="ed1"/>
<!-- Page 283 in edition "ed1" starts here-->
...
</p>
Example

A page break may be associated with a facsimile image of the page it introduces by means of the facs attribute

<TEI>
 <teiHeader>
<!--...-->
 </teiHeader>
 <text>
  <pb n="1" facs="page1.png"/>
<!-- page1.png contains an image of the page; the text it contains is encoded here -->
  <pb n="2" facs="page2.png"/>
<!-- similarly, for page 2 -->
 </text>
</TEI>
Note
On this element, the global n attribute indicates the number or other value associated with the page which follows the point of insertion of this pb. Encoders should adopt a clear and consistent policy as to whether the numbers associated with page breaks relate to the physical sequence number of the page or the page number or signature printed on it. By convention, pb elements should appear at the start of the page to which they refer.