Using the TEI means that a <msDescription> can appear anywhere a <p> paragraph can
<div type="section" id="AMI-records"> <head>The Arnamaegnan Institute and its records</head> <p>Probably the finest collection of ...... </p> <p>For example: </p> <msDescription id="AMI-1"> ... </msDescription> <p>In the following manuscript.... </p> <msDescription id="AMI-2"> ... </msDescription> </div>
Using the TEI also means that we don't have to re-invent all the paraphernalia of the traditional book.