Some frequently asked questions
Q: How do I open the Image Citation Tool with the right image for a folio I want to edit?
A: Look up material by URN from homermultitext.org, and use the URN of your folio to find links to it. Beneath the largest (default) image, follow the link to “cite image”.
Q: What does the CITE URN for a folio of the Venetus A look like?
A: It looks like urn:cite:hmt:msA.12r, which means in English (reading from right to left) “the object 12r (i.e., ‘12 recto’) in the collection msA (i.e., pages of the Venetus A manuscript), where those values belong to the hmt namespace (i.e., the Homer Multitext project).”
Q: What does the CTS URN for a passage of the Iliad look like?
A: It looks like urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.msA:19.1, which means in English (reading from right to left) “passage 19.1 (i.e., line 1 of Iliad 12), in the version msA (i.e., the Venetus A manuscript), of the work tlg001 (the Iliad) belonging to the group tlg0012 (Homeric poetry), where those values belong to the greekLit namespace (the CHS inventory of Greek literary works)”.
Q: What are text group and work values for scholia documents in the Venetus A?
A:
| Text | URN for work |
| Main scholia | urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5026.msA |
| Intermarginal scholia | urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5026.msAim |
| Interior scholia | urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5026.msAint |
| Exterior scholia | urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5026.msAext |
| Interlinear scholia | urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5026.msAil |
