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-## Rendition Specification for Elments in M&K Manuscript XML Schema
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-* ab => Structural
-* add => superscript/blue
-* al => ? (semantic term)
-* bp => ? (semantic term)
-* caption => italics
-* cn => ? (semantic term) 
-* cont => italics + if at start of div "continues from previous folio"; if at end of div "continued"
-* corr => wrap in curly braces
-* del del => strikethrough/red
-* df => ? (semantic term)
-* div => Structural
-* env => ? (semantic term)
-* exp => wrap in curly braces
-* figure => Structural
-* fr => (italics ?)
-* gap => "gap" inside square brackets (e.g., [gap])
-* gk => (italics ?)
-* head => bold
-* id => do not display
-* ill => "illegible" inside square brackets (e.g., [illegible])
-* image => do not display
-* it => (italics ?)
-* la => (italics ?)
-* lb => line break
-* link => do not display
-* m => ? (semantic term)
-* man
-* margin
-* md
-* ms
-* mu
-* oc
-* pa
-* page
-* pl
-* pn
-* pro
-* root
-* rub
-* sn
-* sup
-* tl
-* tmp
-* unc => wrap in curly braces with question mark (e.g. {ai?})
-* underline
-* x => [not clear]