Reference and help

Glossary

A shared vocabulary for folios, glyphs, witnesses, loci, annotations and research states.

What you will be able to do

  • Understand core manuscript terms
  • Read workbench labels consistently
  • Distinguish similar research concepts
Walkthrough

The basic route

  1. 01

    Manuscript terms

    Folio, recto, verso, quire, foldout, locus and scribal hand.

  2. 02

    Text terms

    Glyph, token, transcription, transliteration, witness and concordance.

  3. 03

    Research terms

    Observation, annotation, experiment, hypothesis, confidence and review state.

Before you begin

  • No preparation is required