Milestone wrapper element that marks the start of a physical page in the printed edition of a historical work. This element may also hold any running heads or page number(s) that are present on the printed page, whatever their physical location. Page numbers may be printed, hand-written, perfed, etc., and there may be more than one number per page.
The <page-start> marks the start of a new page, but it must reside within a text content element. Typically, this element is placed as the first element inside a title or loose within a paragraph.
<!ELEMENT page-start ((page-num | running-head)* ) >
Any one of:
For a new page with a page number stated:
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<p>In pursuance of this laudable object,
proposals were, in the year 1811, made to the
Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia, from two of
the Quarterly Meetings, to make provision for
such of their members as were deprived of
their reason. The consideration of the
subject was referred to a committee, who
sub-<alt-term alt-term-type="hyphenation"
display="no">submitted</alt-term>
<page-start><page-num>4</page-num></page-start>
<alt-term alt-term-type="hyphenation"
display="no">submitted</alt-term>mitted their
report in the following year, which was
adopted by the meeting; and, in consequence of
this conclusion, a plan and proposals for an
asylum were circulated among Friends. This
plan was not restricted to the admission of
members only, but included all those who
professed the principles of the society, under
whose care and notice it was to be wholly
conducted.</p>
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For a page where no page number is present (using both start and end page):
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<title><page-start></page-start>Title page</title>
<p>AN ACCOUNT</p>
<p>OF THE</p>
<p>ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE,</p>
<p>ESTABLISHED BY THE</p>
<p>SOCIETY OF FRIENDS,</p>
<p>NEAR FRANKFORD, </p>
<p>IN THE VICINITY OF PHILADELPHIA.</p>
<p>BY ROBERT WALN, Jr.</p>
<p>From the Philadelphia Journal of the
Medical and Physical Sicences, for August,
1825.</p>
<p>PHILADELPHIA:</p>
<p>BENJAMIN & THOMAS KITE,</p>
<p>NO. 20 NORTH THIRD STREET.</p>
<p>1825.</p>
</sec>
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For a page where no page number is present (using a “sole” tag):
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<p><page-start/>Scripture Truths Demonstrated;
being sermons or declarations, by William
Dewsberry, Robert Barclay, William Penn,
Richard Ashby, William Bingley, Charles
Marshall, Samuel Waldenfield, John Butcher,
John Bowater, Francis Camfield, George
Whitehead, John Vaughton, Francis Stamper,
Thomas Story, Samuel Scott, and Deborah Bell.</p>
<p>Memorials concerning several Ministers
and others, deceased, of the religious Society
of Friends, within the limits of the Yearly
Meeting of New York, with some of their last
experiences.</p>
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