<msDesc>

<msDesc> (manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript. 10.1 Overview
Module msdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
Used by
model.biblLike
May contain
core: head p
linking: ab
msdescription: additional history msContents msIdentifier msPart physDesc
Declaration 

<rng:element name="msDesc">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:ref name="msIdentifier"/>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.headLike"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:oneOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
   </rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="msContents"/>
    </rng:optional>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="physDesc"/>
    </rng:optional>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="history"/>
    </rng:optional>
    <rng:optional>
     <rng:ref name="additional"/>
    </rng:optional>
    <rng:zeroOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="msPart"/>
    </rng:zeroOrMore>
   </rng:group>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element msDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   (
      msIdentifier,
      model.headLike*,
      (
         model.pLike+
       | ( msContents?, physDesc?, history?, additional?, msPart* )
      )
   )
}
Example
<msDesc>
 <msIdentifier>
  <settlement>Oxford</settlement>
  <repository>Bodleian Library</repository>
  <idno type="Bod">MS Poet. Rawl. D. 169.</idno>
 </msIdentifier>
 <msContents>
  <msItem>
   <author>Geoffrey Chaucer</author>
   <title>The Canterbury Tales</title>
  </msItem>
 </msContents>
 <physDesc>
  <objectDesc>
   <p>A parchment codex of 136 folios, measuring approx
       28 by 19 inches, and containing 24 quires.</p>
   <p>The pages are margined and ruled throughout.</p>
   <p>Four hands have been identified in the manuscript: the first 44
       folios being written in two cursive anglicana scripts, while the
       remainder is for the most part in a mixed secretary hand.</p>
  </objectDesc>
 </physDesc>
</msDesc>