Safeguard 19 Primary-Text and Edition-Verification Form

Operational tool 3 of 12 for Safeguard 19.

This form joins Safeguards 15, 16, and 19. It proves that the text being interpreted is the text claimed.

A. Bibliographic identity

Author or body: [Enter.]
Full title: [Enter.]
Imprint or issuing information: [Enter.]
Date: [Enter.]
Edition, impression, manuscript, or version: [Enter.]
Volume within named collected edition: [Enter.]
Stable identifier: [catalog number, DOI, Wing, ESTC, ISBN, archive ID, or other].

B. Source-form declaration

• [ ] Original physical item
• [ ] Page-image facsimile or scan
• [ ] Microfilm reproduction
• [ ] Diplomatic transcription
• [ ] Corrected transcription
• [ ] Modernized edition
• [ ] Translation
• [ ] OCR or machine text
• [ ] Excerpt in another work
• [ ] Secondary quotation only

Provider and access date: [Enter.]
Filename or URL: [Enter.]
Page or image count: [Enter.]
Checksum if local: [Enter.]
Known defects or restrictions: [Enter.]

C. Edition relationship

1. Is this the first edition, a later authorial edition, or a posthumous edition?
2. Who supplied headings, punctuation, notes, divisions, or modernization?
3. Are page numbers being cited from the edition actually consulted?
4. Are volume numbers tied to the named collected set?
5. Has a later edition been checked against an earlier witness?
6. Are omissions, additions, or rearrangements known?

D. Quotation verification

For every load-bearing quotation:

• [ ] Wording checked against the identified witness
• [ ] Beginning and end verified
• [ ] Ellipses disclosed
• [ ] Supplied words bracketed
• [ ] Original emphasis identified
• [ ] Page or stable locator verified
• [ ] Translation source named
• [ ] OCR errors corrected against image
• [ ] Local context read
• [ ] Contrary nearby statements recorded

E. Original-language control

Language: [Enter.]
Text retained: [Yes / No / Not available.]
Translation used: [Named translation / editor's translation / provisional.]
Specialist review: [Completed / pending / not required.]
Ambiguities: [Enter.]

F. Verification status

Select only the highest completed status.

• [ ] Identified but not accessed
• [ ] Accessed indirectly through secondary quotation
• [ ] OCR located; not image-verified
• [ ] Transcription checked against one image witness
• [ ] Quotation-level verification complete
• [ ] Full relevant unit checked
• [ ] Independently collated against a second witness
• [ ] Specialist language review complete

Publication statement

This article consulted [source form and edition]. [Extent] was verified against [witness]. The following limitations remain: [limits]. No stronger source status is claimed.

Verification log

Record every material change made after comparison with the witness. Each entry should give the date, the original transcription or citation, the corrected form, the image or page checked, and the initials of the verifier. Keep corrections even when they appear minor, because punctuation, italics, capitalization, or a single negative can alter the historical claim. If a second witness changes the reading, explain which witness governs and why.

Stop rules

Do not call OCR a transcription, a later edition a facsimile, one digital interface a second witness, or a volume number reliable without naming the collected edition.

Study This Safeguard Further

Read The Order of Historical Evidence and the John Owen worked case.

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