Bracketings in Tables

Cells of tables can be combined in the printed original by bracketing and assigned to a common table entry. Such bracketings are expressed within the <cell> element. The reference to the bracketing is given in the connecting table entry, which usually extends across several rows or columns.

Vertical Bracketing in a Table:

<table>
  <row>
  <cell >[table value 1]</cell>
  <cell rows="2" rendition="#leftBraced">[connecting table entry for 1 and 2]</cell>
  </row>
  <row>
  <cell>[table value 2]</cell>
  </row>
</table>

Horizontal Bracketing in a Table:

<table>
  <row>
  <cell>[table value 1]</cell>
  <cell>[table value 2]</cell>
  </row>
  <row>
  <cell cols="2" rendition="#topBraced">[connecting table entry for 1 and 2]</cell>
  </row>
</table>

Encoding of Bracketings in Tables

<table>
  <row>
    <cell>Nomin.</cell>
    <cell><hi rendition="#i">dobryj</hi></cell>
    <cell>für <hi rendition="#i">dobrŭ-ĭ</hi></cell>
    <cell>grdf.d.endg.</cell>
    <cell><hi rendition="#i">-as-ja-s</hi></cell>
    <cell rendition="#leftBraced" rows="2">ntr. <hi rendition="#i">dobroje,</hi><lb/>
      grdf. d. endg.<lb/><hi rendition="#i">-am-jat</hi> oder<lb/>
      vill. <hi rendition="#i">-at-jat</hi></cell>
  </row><lb/>
  <row>
    <cell>Accus.</cell>
    <cell><hi rendition="#i">dobryj</hi></cell>
    <cell>〃 <hi rendition="#i">dobrŭ-ĭ</hi></cell>
    <cell>〃 〃 〃</cell>
    <cell><hi rendition="#i">-am-jam</hi></cell>
  </row><lb/>
  <row>
    <cell>[...]</cell><lb/>
  </row>
</table>

Source: Schleicher, August: Compendium der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen. Bd. 2. Weimar, 1862. [Fafsimile 399]

Tip: To the tagging of tables see chap. Tables