The terms included below are ones that either have a special meaning in EMLoT or that require additional clarification.
- ELEMENT (FACETED BROWSER)
- see Facet.
- EVENT
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A record of the relevant content and production of a
Primary Source. EMLoT is not just interested in the historical details concerning early
modern London theatres: it is also interested in recording details about
the documents that are the sources for these details. For example, one
EMLoT event record concerning the Phoenix or Cockpit theatre contains
information about the apprentice riot at the Cockpit by recording that we
know about this riot (in part) from a letter John Chamberlain wrote to
Dudley Carleton.
- FACET (FACETED BROWSER)
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A facet is one of the lists of standardized terminology that enable
effective searching of EMLoT. In the Faceted Browser, facets are grouped
under the following categories: Document: Description, Citation, Event
& Person, and Troupe & Venue. Elements are the
items that make up a list and which you can select when performing a
faceted search. You can see all the elements of a facet using the Faceted
Browser.
- PRIMARY SOURCE
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A pre-1642 document containing details relating to early modern London
theatre history. Only documents that were subsequently transcribed in
Secondary Sources are included in EMLoT.
- SECONDARY SOURCE
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A post-1642 work that contains transcription(s) of Primary Sources.
Only works that contain transcriptions made directly from Primary Sources
are included in EMLoT.
- TRANSCRIPTION RECORD
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Links together a Primary Source and a Secondary Source
containing a transcription (a copied version) of that Primary Source. The
Transcription Record records unique information about a Secondary Source's
transcription, such as where it can be found in the Secondary Source and
the way in which the Primary Source was transcribed and cited.