Line and Verse Numbering
Line numbering in prose texts is displayed using the @n attribute within the <lb> element. Since the <lb> element marks the end of a line, the value of @n refers to the corresponding preceding line.
[text line 10]<lb n="10"/>
Encoding of Line Numbering
Blickend, kühlt’ ihr die Rechte mit grü-<lb/>nem Fächer das Antliz;<lb n="105"/>
Source: Voß, Johann Heinrich: Luise. Ein ländliches Gedicht in 3 Idyllen. Königsberg, 1795. [Facsimile 29]
Verse numbers in poems are represented by the attribute @n within the element <l>. They are therefore at the beginning of the line to which they refer.
Encoding of Verse Numbers
<lg type="poem"> <l>Vier Jahrhunderte ſind geſchwunden,</l><lb/> <l>Seit du die ſchwarze Kunſt erfunden;</l><lb/> <l>Was hat ſie der Welt für Gewinn gebracht?</l><lb/> <l n="4">Den Bücherhaufen größer gemacht.</l> </lg><lb/>
Tip: For the structuring of poems see also chap. Poems.
The position of the line or verse numbering is not specified to the right or left of the line/verse.
Line or verse numbers are usually taken over from the original. Additional numbers of the editor are given in square brackets.
Encoding of Additional Verse Numbers
<l n="[1]">Vier Jahrhunderte ſind geſchwunden,</l><lb/> <l n="[2]">Seit du die ſchwarze Kunſt erfunden;</l><lb/> <l n="[3]">Was hat ſie der Welt für Gewinn gebracht?</l><lb/> <l n="4">Den Bücherhaufen größer gemacht.</l><lb/>