Manual for the correct use and reading of the Colophons section of PAThs database

A detailed technical description of database schema is published at schema/colophons.

Ref.: paths.colophons

ID

• The unique stable identifier of each Colophon. The identifier is a sequential integer provided by the database engine. This field id not available to public.
• DB id: paths__colophons.id

CREATOR

• Reference to the user who created the record This field id not available to public.
• DB id: paths__colophons.creator

CLM

• The Coptic Literaty Manuscript id where the Colophon is found
• DB id: paths__colophons.msid

DATE FROM

• The upper chronological limit expressed in years of the ‘Coptic’ phase of the site
• DB id: paths__colophons.datefrom

DATE TO

• The lower chronological limit expressed in years of the ‘Coptic’ phase of the site
• DB id: paths__colophons.dateto

DATING CRITERIA

• Detailed information on which the dating of the site is made.
• DB id: paths__colophons.datingcriteria

DONATED TO ISTITUTION

• Name of the institution where the Colophon was donated
• DB id: paths__colophons.donationistitution

PLACE OF ISTITUTION

• PAThs Place where the institution of donation was located
• DB id: paths__colophons.istitutionplace

DIALECTS

• Indication of the dialect(s) or language(s) used in the manuscript, according to the sigla of the Kasser-Funk system (see R. Kasser, A Standard System of Sigla for Referring to the Dialects of Coptic, in Journal of Coptic Studies 1 [1990], 141-151).
• DB id: paths__colophons.dialect

NOTES ON DIALECTS

• Special characteristics of the dialect. Bibliographical reference only for minor dialects.
• DB id: paths__colophons.dialectnotes

GREEK TEXT

• Indication if text in Greek is present in the Colophon
• DB id: paths__colophons.greektext

AXIS

• Axis of the writing (upright/right-sloping).
• DB id: paths__colophons.writingaxis

THICK-AND-THIN STYLE

• Noted if present.
• DB id: paths__colophons.thickandthin

CRYPTOGRAPHY

• Indication if cryptography is used in the Colophon
• DB id: paths__colophons.cryptography

COPTIC MINUSCULE SCRIPT

• Indication if Coptic minuscule script is used in the Colophon
• DB id: paths__colophons.minusculecopitc

GREEK MINUSCULE SCRIPT

• Indication if Greek minuscule script is used in the Colophon
• DB id: paths__colophons.minusculegreek

DESCRIPTION

• A verbous description of the Colophon
• DB id: paths__colophons.description

TEXT

• Transcription of the text in Coptic
• DB id: paths__colophons.text

TRANSLATION

• English translation of the Coptic text
• DB id: paths__colophons.translation

TAGGED TEXT

• Marked-up version of the Coptic text
• DB id: paths__colophons.taggedtext

EDITORS

• Initials of the person(s) responsible for the record.
• DB id: paths__colophons.editors

STATUS

• If the record has been fully compiled the status is set to complete; if it is under study the status is set to in-progress. If the status is blank it means that the provided information are incomplete, not reliable and liable to change in the future.
• DB id: paths__colophons.status

LAST MODIFIED

• Date of last edit
• DB id: paths__colophons.lastmodified

Bibliography

For each Colophon multiple instances of the following group of fields can be filed, each one describing a bibliographic reference.

These fields are not part of the colophons table but of the m_biblio table.

SHORT REFERENCE

• Short reference of the bibliographic item as stored in biblio table
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.short

SPECIFIC DETAILS

• Pages of the publication if not precised in the reference
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.details

DETAILS ABOUT IMAGES

• Pages or figures containing reproductions of (part[s] of) the manuscript
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.images