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The entries for hamletworks.org are based on the
materials of the New Variorum Hamlet, and are divided into three types:
Commentary Notes (CN), Material Textual Notes (TNM), and Immaterial Textual
Notes (TNI). These entries typically refer to one line of Hamlet and
are based on the numbering scheme used by The Enfolded Hamlet. Thus it
uses the Through Line Numbers (TLN) of Charlton Hinman's First Folio
published by Norton Press, which are numbered straight through the play including
stage directions rather than line numbers starting afresh at the beginning of
scenes. In addition to Through Line Numbers, the entries use "+" numbers for
Q2-only lines. There are as many as three entries referring to each line of the
play.
The CN, TNM, and TNI files for each entry are stored in
directories representing one hundred lines, e.g.,
Lines 2300 to 2399 or
Lines 3200 to 3299. When users select one of these directories, they
will be presented with a list of all the entries of various types in that range
in a format like the following:
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Clicking any of the links at the left side following the quill icon brings up
the text for that entry. The "Browsing Menu" link returns to the main browsing
page with links for each hundred lines.
The files themselves have a three-part structure. At the top
is a menu that allows users to continue browsing the next or previous entries
of the selected type (CN, TNM, or TNI) or to switch to a different type of
entry for the current line. Links that are not available for some reason
are grayed out and show a red strike-through line when selected. The menu line
for a typical CN article looks like the following:
Below the menu line is a box containing the lines of text in
Enfolded Hamlet form, that is. with F! elements in purple and surrounded
by angle brackets <>, Q2 only elements in
green and surrounded by curly braces {}, and F1 line
breaks indicated by a purple vertical bar |. Text
common to both F1 and Q2 is reproduced normally.
The TLNs of the Enfolded Hamlet lines are linked to a lookup of those lines
in the Enfolded Hamlet with three lines of surrounding context. A typical
box with lines in Enfolded Hamlet form looks as follows:
3212-3 Other. Will you ha the truth an't, if this had not | beene a gentlewo-
3213-4 man, she should haue been buried | out {a} <of> christian buriall.
Below the Enfolded Hamlet the body of the entry begins. For information
about the symbols used in the hamletworks.org entries see the
Symbols Used help section.
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entries is provided by the special version of the Enfolded Hamlet on this
site, which now has its through line numbers's linked to the commentary notes
for those lines. For information about using the Enfolded Hamlet see the
Enfolded Hamlet help section.
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Entry for Lines 3200-02