Template:RQ:Scott Minstrelsy/documentation
Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Walter Scott's work Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1st edition, 1802, 2 volumes; and 2nd edition, 1803, 3 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:
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Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|edition=– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 2nd edition (1803), specify|edition=2nd. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1802).|1=or|volume=– mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either|volume=Ior|volume=IIif quoting from the 1st edition, or|volume=Ito|volume=IIIif quoting from the 2nd edition.|author=– if quoting from a part of the work by Walter Scott such as a note, specify|author=Scott.|2=,|chapter=, or|poem=– mandatory: the name of the chapter or poem quoted from. If quoting from one of the chapters indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:
| Titles in both the 1st and 2nd editions | |||
| Parameter value | Result | First page number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st edition | 2nd edition | ||
| Volume I | |||
| Introduction | Introduction (by Walter Scott) | page i | page i |
| Appendix I | Appendix, No. I. History of Geordie Bourne. (By Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth; written a. 1640) | page cxi | [See below] |
| Appendix II | Appendix, No. II. Maitland’s Complaynt aganis the Thievis of Liddisdail. (By Richard Maitland; written a. 1587) | page cxxi | |
| Appendix III | Appendix, No. III. Bond of Alliance, or Feud Staunching, betwixt the Clans of Scot and Ker. (16 March 1529 [Julian calendar]) | page cxxvi | |
| Appendix IV | Appendix, No. IV. Ane Interlude of the Laying of a Gaist. (written 15th–16th century) | page cxxx | |
| Appendix V | Appendix, No. V. Supplementary Stanzas to [William] Collins’s Ode on the Superstitions of the Highlands. (By William Erskine, Lord Kinneder; April 1788) | page cxxxv | |
| Jock o' the Side | Jock o’ the Side | page 156 | page 172 |
| The Lochmaben Harper | The Lochmaben Harper | page 65 | page 82 |
| The Sang of the Outlaw Murray | The Sang of the Outlaw Murray (written c. 1512–1542) | page 1 | page 1 |
| Titles only in the 2nd edition | |||
| Parameter value | Result | First page number | |
| Volume I | |||
| Appendix I | Appendix, No. I. Letter from the Earl of Surrey, to Henry VIII. Giving an Account of the Storm of Jedburgh (by Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk; written 27 September 1522 [Julian calendar]) | page cxxxv | |
| Appendix II | Appendix, No. II. History of Geordie Bourne. (By Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth; written a. 1640) | page cxl | |
| Appendix III | Appendix, No. III. Maitland’s Complaynt aganis the Thievis of Liddisdail. (By Richard Maitland; written a. 1587) | page cli | |
| Appendix IV | Appendix, No. IV. Bond of Alliance, or Feud Staunching, betwixt the Clans of Scot and Ker. (16 March 1529 [Julian calendar]) | page clvi | |
| Appendix V | Appendix, No. V. Ane Interlude of the Laying of a Gaist. (written 15th–16th century) | page clx | |
| Appendix V | Appendix, No. V. Supplementary Stanzas to [William] Collins’s Ode on the Superstitions of the Highlands. (By William Erskine, Lord Kinneder; April 1788) | page clxv | |
| Volume III | |||
- For help with adding more poems to the template, leave a message on the talk page or at "Wiktionary:Grease pit".
|stanza=– if quoting from a poem, the stanza number quoted from in Arabic numerals.|3=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory: the page number(s) to be quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. If quoting from the notes to the poem, specify the page number(s) in lowercase Roman numerals. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
|pages=10–11or|pages=x–xi. - You must also use
|pageref=to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- You must specify this information to have the template determine, in some cases, the author, date, and/or part of the work quoted from, and to link to an online version of the work.
|4=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment about the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.
Examples
[edit]- 1st edition (1802)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Scott Minstrelsy|volume=I|poem=The Lochmaben Harper|page=67|passage=Then aye he harped, and aye he '''carped''', / Till a' the Lordlings footed the floor; / But an' the music was sae sweet, / The groom had nae mind o' the stable door.}}; or{{RQ:Scott Minstrelsy|I|The Lochmaben Harper|67|Then aye he harped, and aye he '''carped''', / Till a' the Lordlings footed the floor; / But an' the music was sae sweet, / The groom had nae mind o' the stable door.}}
- Result:
- 1802, “The Lochmaben Harper”, in Walter Scott, editor, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: […], volume I, Kelso, Roxburghshire: […] James Ballantyne, for T[homas] Cadell Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, […]; and sold by Manners and Miller, and A[rchibald] Constable, […], →OCLC, 1st part (Historical Ballads), page 67:
- Then aye he harped, and aye he carped, / Till a' the Lordlings footed the floor; / But an' the music was sae sweet, / The groom had nae mind o' the stable door.