<msContents>

<msContents> (manuscript contents) describes the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of structured manuscript items. [10.6 Intellectual Content]
Modulemsdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) att.msExcerpt (@defective)
classidentifies the text types or classifications applicable to this object.
Status Optional
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of 

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
separated by whitespace
Values One or more codes, each of which is used as the identifier for a category element in a taxonomy element typically not necessarily supplied in the current document header.
Used by
Contained by
msdescription: msDesc msPart
May contain
core: p textLang
linking: ab
msdescription: msItem msItemStruct summary
textstructure: titlePage
Declaration

<rng:element name="msContents">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.msExcerpt.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="class">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:group>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="summary"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="textLang"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:optional>
    <rng:ref name="titlePage"/>
   </rng:optional>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:choice>
     <rng:ref name="msItem"/>
     <rng:ref name="msItemStruct"/>
    </rng:choice>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:group>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element msContents
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.msExcerpt.attributes,
   attribute class { list { data.pointer+ } }?,
   (
      model.pLike+
    | ( summary?, textLang?, titlePage?, ( msItem | msItemStruct )* )
   )
}
Example
<msContents>
 <p>A collection of Lollard sermons</p>
</msContents>
Example
<msContents>
 <msItem n="1">
  <locus>fols. 5r-7v</locus>
  <title>An ABC</title>
  <bibl>
   <title>IMEV</title>
   <biblScope>239</biblScope>
  </bibl>
 </msItem>
 <msItem n="2">
  <locus>fols. 7v-8v</locus>
  <title xml:lang="frm">Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan</title>
  <bibl>
   <title>IMEV</title>
   <biblScope>3747</biblScope>
  </bibl>
 </msItem>
 <msItem n="3">
  <locus>fol. 8v</locus>
  <title>Truth</title>
  <bibl>
   <title>IMEV</title>
   <biblScope>809</biblScope>
  </bibl>
 </msItem>
 <msItem n="4">
  <locus>fols. 8v-10v</locus>
  <title>Birds Praise of Love</title>
  <bibl>
   <title>IMEV</title>
   <biblScope>1506</biblScope>
  </bibl>
 </msItem>
 <msItem n="5">
  <locus>fols. 10v-11v</locus>
  <title xml:lang="la">De amico ad amicam</title>
  <title xml:lang="la">Responcio</title>
  <bibl>
   <title>IMEV</title>
   <biblScope>16 &amp; 19</biblScope>
  </bibl>
 </msItem>
 <msItem n="6">
  <locus>fols. 14r-126v</locus>
  <title>Troilus and Criseyde</title>
  <note>Bk. 1:71-Bk. 5:1701, with additional losses due to mutilation throughout</note>
 </msItem>
</msContents>
Note
Unless it contains a simple prose description, this element should contain at least one of the elements summary, msItem, or msItemStruct. This constraint is not currently enforced by the schema.