<history>

<history> groups elements describing the full history of a manuscript or manuscript part. 10.8 History
Module msdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
Used by
msDesc msPart
May contain
core: p
linking: ab
msdescription: acquisition origin provenance summary
Declaration 

<rng:element name="history">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="summary"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="origin"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="provenance"/>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="acquisition"/>
   </rng:optional>
  </rng:group>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element history
{
   att.global.attributes,
   ( model.pLike+ | ( summary?, origin?, provenance*, acquisition? ) )
}
Example
<history>
 <origin>
  <p>Written in Durham during the mid twelfth
     century.</p>
 </origin>
 <provenance>
  <p>Recorded in two medieval
     catalogues of the books belonging to Durham Priory, made in 1391 and
     1405.</p>
  <p>Given to W. Olleyf by William Ebchester, Prior (1446-56)
     and later belonged to Henry Dalton, Prior of Holy Island (Lindisfarne)
     according to inscriptions on ff. 4v and 5.</p>
 </provenance>
 <acquisition>
  <p>Presented to Trinity College in 1738 by
     Thomas Gale and his son Roger.</p>
 </acquisition>
</history>