<signatures>

<signatures> contains discussion of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex. 10.3.7 Catchwords, Signatures, Secundo Folio
Modulemsdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
AttributesGlobal attributes only
Used by model.pPart.msdesc
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="signatures">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element signatures { att.global.attributes, macro.phraseSeq }
Example
<signatures>Quire and leaf signatures in letters, [b]-v, and roman
numerals; those in quires 10 (1) and 17 (s) in red ink and different
from others; every third quire also signed with red crayon in arabic
numerals in the center lower margin of the first leaf recto: "2" for
quire 4 (f. 19), "3" for quire 7 (f. 43); "4," barely visible, for
quire 10 (f. 65), "5," in a later hand, for quire 13 (f. 89), "6," in
a later hand, for quire 16 (f. 113).</signatures>