Accents and cedillas

Accents

Modern and Contemporary Documents

Accents MUST be transcribed whenever they appear in the source..

Paris, AD75, D1U10 386, 19^th c.	Transcription
	la cause fut renvoyé devant le Bureau Général du dit Conseil séant le

In medieval documents, accents are relatively marginal and SHOULD be transcribed when they occur. Be careful: pointed i MUST NOT be transcribed with an acute accent, but simply as a regular i.

Paris, BnF, Arsenal, 5103, 15th c.	Transcription
	et renommée glorieuse, qui est la fin à

Medieval Documents

Accents are relatively marginal in medieval documents and **SHOULD **be transcribed when they occur.

Special Cases

When an accent is misaligned with the letter it belongs to—often the case in cursive writing—the accent MUST be transcribed in its expected position, rather than at the place where it was physically drawn.
When the orientation of an accent is uncertain (e.g., a flat horizontal stroke above a letter), modern accentuation should be followed in modern document.
- In 16th-century documents, the acute accent MAY be preferred.

Automatic baseline or polygon detection may exclude an accent traced too far above the line. In such cases, the accent MAY nonetheless be transcribed as if it were included within the polygon, anticipating technological improvements that will ensure better inclusion of such marks in future line masks.

Cedillas

General Rule

Cedillas MUST be transcribed using the combining cedilla [U+0327].

Paris, AN, MC/CM - Projet Lectaurep, 19^th c.	Transcription
	Parisot, ---- françois Etienne -----

NB: In Latin manuscripts from the 10^th to the 13^th centuries, cedilla-marked e’s frequently represent the Latin diphthong ae. Cedillas MUST therefore be transcribed in medieval French manuscripts as well, in order to ensure consistent encoding.

Paris, Mazarine, Inc. 59, 15^th c.	Transcription
	De Rore filio lunȩ.