<physDesc>

<physDesc> (physical description) contains a full physical description of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object optionally subdivided using more specialized elements from the model.physDescPart class. [10.7 Physical Description]
Module msdescription — Manuscript Description
Attributes
Contained by
msdescription: msDesc msFrag msPart
namesdates: object
May contain
core: p
linking: ab
msdescription: accMat additions bindingDesc decoDesc handDesc musicNotation objectDesc scriptDesc sealDesc typeDesc
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>5⅜</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>
Content model 
<content>
 <sequence>
  <classRef key="model.pLike" minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <classRef key="model.physDescPart"
   expand="sequenceOptional"/>
 </sequence>
</content>
Schema Declaration 
<rng:element name="physDesc">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="objectDesc"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="handDesc"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="typeDesc"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="scriptDesc"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="musicNotation"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="decoDesc"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="additions"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="bindingDesc"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="sealDesc"/>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="accMat"/>
  </rng:optional>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element physDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   (
      model.pLike*,
      objectDesc?,
      handDesc?,
      typeDesc?,
      scriptDesc?,
      musicNotation?,
      decoDesc?,
      additions?,
      bindingDesc?,
      sealDesc?,
      accMat?
   )
}