<msDesc>

<msDesc> 包含單一份可識別手稿的描述。 [10.1 Overview]
組件msdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
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屬於
model.biblLike
可包含在於
core: add cit corr del desc emph head hi item l listBibl meeting note orig p q quote ref reg relatedItem said sic stage title unclear
dictionaries: case colloc def dictScrap entryFree etym form gen gram gramGrp hyph iType lang lbl mood number orth per pos pron stress subc syll tns usg xr
drama: camera caption castList epilogue performance prologue set sound tech view
figures: cell figDesc figure
header: change handNote licence rendition scriptNote sourceDesc tagUsage taxonomy typeNote
iso-fs: fDescr fsDescr
linking: ab seg
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions collation condition custEvent decoNote filiation foliation layout musicNotation origin provenance source support surrogates
namesdates: climate event location org place population state terrain trait
spoken: broadcast scriptStmt writing
textcrit: lem rdg witness
textstructure: argument body div div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docEdition epigraph imprimatur postscript titlePart
transcr: damage metamark mod restore retrace supplied surplus
verse: rhyme
可包含
core: head p
linking: ab
msdescription: additional history msContents msIdentifier msPart physDesc
宣告

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例子
<msDesc>
 <msIdentifier>
  <settlement>台北</settlement>
  <repository>CBETA</repository>
  <idno type="cbeta">Taisho Tripitaka Vol. T08, No. 230</idno>
 </msIdentifier>
 <msContents>
  <msItem>
   <author>唐玄奘</author>
   <title>大般若波羅蜜多經電子版本</title>
  </msItem>
 </msContents>
 <physDesc>
  <objectDesc>
   <p>總共有600卷</p>
   <p>亦收錄於高麗藏、嘉興藏、永樂北藏、永樂南藏、乾隆藏、佛教大藏經、中華藏...等。</p>
   <p>唯獨新纂卍續藏未收錄此經</p>
  </objectDesc>
 </physDesc>
</msDesc>