<physDesc>

<physDesc> (physical description) contains a full physical description of a manuscript or manuscript part, optionally subdivided using more specialised elements from the model.physDescPart class. 10.7 Physical Description
Module msdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
Used by
msDesc msPart
May contain
core: p
linking: ab
msdescription: accMat additions bindingDesc decoDesc handDesc musicNotation objectDesc sealDesc typeDesc
Declaration 

<rng:element name="physDesc">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:ref name="model.physDescPart_sequenceOptional"/>
  </rng:group>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element physDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   ( model.pLike*, ( model.physDescPart_sequenceOptional ) )
}
Example
<physDesc>
 <objectDesc form="codex">
  <supportDesc material="perg">
   <support>Parchment.</support>
   <extent>i + 55 leaves
   <dimensions scope="all" type="leaf" unit="inch">
     <height>7¼</height>
     <width>5â??</width>
    </dimensions>
   </extent>
  </supportDesc>
  <layoutDesc>
   <layout columns="2">In double columns.</layout>
  </layoutDesc>
 </objectDesc>
 <handDesc>
  <p>Written in more than one hand.</p>
 </handDesc>
 <decoDesc>
  <p>With a few coloured capitals.</p>
 </decoDesc>
</physDesc>