MSS in the Katherine Group                                MRTNO 170
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These texts were transcribed from the following manuscripts

ROYJULI       Life of St. Juliana (Royal MS)
BODHALI       Holy Maidenhead (Bodley MS)
BODKATH       Martyrdom of St. Katherine (Bodley MS)
BODJULI       Life  and Passion of St. Juliana (Bodley MS)
ROYMARG       Life of St. Margaret (Royal MS)

by

	Dr Harry Logan
	Department of English
	University of Waterloo
	Canada

They were deposited with the Oxford Text Archive in 1977, and have not been
changed since that date. No use should be made of these texts without
informing Dr Logan at the above address, as work is still proceeding on
editing these texts.

The following information on encoding was supplied by Dr Logan. It has
not been checked.

Character Code Used
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                            l.c.               U.C.

thorn                        =                  +
eth                          ]                  D
yogh                         [                  $
2-like r                     2
4-like r                     4
variant of crooked s         5
variant of A                                     8


Bracketing used
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(     )         enclosed reconstructed forms
:     :        enclose abbreviated forms
'     '         enclose scriballyinserted forms
"     "         enclose erroneous forms
/*    */        enclose altered form
/-    -/        enclose deleted form
%     %         enclose Latin quote or other non-textual material
<     >         enclose folio number

Other Symbols
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//             indicates no space between words of MS
#              indicates beginning of paragraph with letter in rubric
9              indicates that following nasal has a curved minim
--!            divided word at end of MS line
-              word separated in MS erroneously

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Oxford Text Archive
March, 1989