Difference between revisions of "Retorical structure (ePistolarium)"

Revision as of 10:38, 12 December 2017

Letters usually have opening and closing phrases. These are encoded with opener and closer elements, respectively. Both elements can contain paragraphs, or can be contained in paragraphs.

Example: https://correspondence.huygens.knaw.nl/documents/d815d122-68db-4753-bfa4-c8b60bd248f1 (opener containing paragraph)

<div type="artifact" subtype="letter">
<opener>
<p>Mon Révérend Père,</p>
</opener>
<p>Vous m'interrogez comme si je devais tout savoir, ...</p>
...
</div>

Example: https://correspondence.huygens.knaw.nl/documents/d815d122-68db-4753-bfa4-c8b60bd248f1 (closer containing paragraphs)

<div type="artifact" subtype="letter">
...
<p>Mandez-moi, je vous prie, ... vos bonnes grâces.</p>
<closer>
<p>Votre très humble Desc.</p>
<p>Ce 12<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> jour de Carême 1630.</p>
</closer>
</div>

Example: https://correspondence.huygens.knaw.nl/documents/f687c50b-6765-4519-bc5f-833c499ae453 (closer in paragraph)

<div type="artifact" subtype="letter">
...
<p>Het is dus beter, ...; er wordt al te veel gebabbeld door kwaadwillige menschen. <closer>28 Jull. 1634.</closer></p>
</div>

Example: https://correspondence.huygens.knaw.nl/documents/6652e6a5-9375-4e5c-b589-7245359a3c39 (text after closer)

<div type="artifact" subtype="letter">
...
<closer>
<p>IV Oct. CIƆIƆCVI.</p>
<p>Tui reverentissimus <lb/> H. Grotius.</p>
</closer>
<p>De pecunia, quae typographo restat, scire aveo.</p>
</div>