Retorical structure (ePistolarium)

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>