<decoDesc>

<decoDesc> (decoration description) contains a description of the decoration of a manuscript, either as a sequence of paragraphs, or as a sequence of topically organised decoNote elements. 10.7.3 Bindings, Seals, and Additional Material
Module msdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
Used by
model.physDescPart
May contain
core: p
linking: ab
msdescription: decoNote summary
Declaration 

<rng:element name="decoDesc">
 <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:oneOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="decoNote"/>
   </rng:oneOrMore>
  </rng:group>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element decoDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   ( model.pLike+ | ( summary?, decoNote+ ) )
}
Example
<decoDesc>
 <p>The start of each book of the Bible with a 10-line historiated
   illuminated initial; prefaces decorated with 6-line blue initials with red
   penwork flourishing; chapters marked by 3-line plain red initials; verses
   with 1-line initials, alternately blue or red.</p>
</decoDesc>