Centrum voor Teksteditie en Bronnenstudie - Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies

Centrum voor Teksteditie en Bronnenstudie

Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies

a research centre of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature

<provenance>

<provenance> Contains any descriptive or other information concerning the history of a letter, after its creation but before its acquisition.
Attributes
No other than global attributes
Example 
<provenance>
   <p>between January 1925 and 3 September 1935, the letter resided 
   in the private collection of the receiver</p>
   <p>between the death of the receiver on 3 September 1935 and 7 
   February 1937, the letter was owned by the heirs of the reveiver</p>
</provenance>
Note

This element is reserved solely for the description of the history of the letter before it entered the holding institution. It does not cover facts about the origination of the letter (see <origin>), the acquisition process by which it entered the holding institution (see acquisition), or its history after it entered the holding institution (see <custodialHist>).

The historical events should be listed in chronological order.

Content Must contain one or more paragraphs.
Parents history
Children p
Declaration 
<!ELEMENT provenance %om.RR; 
          (p+)> 
<!ATTLIST provenance 
          %a.global;>
See further 4.6. The history of the letter: <history>

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