The purpose of <foliaDesc> is to transcribe the addition and removal of pages as part of physical modifications to a document. Missing pages may be indicated using the <gap> element. The <folium> and <bifolium> children describe the physical order of <surface> elements provided elsewhere.
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="foliaDesc" module="MEI.header"><desc xml:lang="en">Describes the arrangement of folia and bifolia making up the text block of a manuscript
or printed item.</desc>
<content>
<zeroOrMore><choice><ref name="model.foliumLike"/>
<ref name="model.bifoliumLike"/>
<ref name="del"/>
<ref name="add"/>
<ref name="damage"/>
<ref name="gap"/>
<ref name="restore"/></choice></zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>The purpose of <gi scheme="MEI">foliaDesc</gi> is to transcribe the addition and removal of
pages as part of physical modifications to a document. Missing pages may be indicated
using
the <gi scheme="MEI">gap</gi> element. The <gi scheme="MEI">folium</gi> and <gi scheme="MEI">bifolium</gi> children describe the physical order of <gi scheme="MEI">surface</gi>
elements provided elsewhere.</p>
</remarks></elementSpec>