<material>

<material> contains a word or phrase describing the material of which the object being described is composed. 10.3.1 Origination
Module msdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
In addition to global attributes att.canonical (@key, @ref)
Used by
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="material">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.canonical.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element material
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.canonical.attributes,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
<physDesc><p>
<material>Parchment</material> leaves with a
<material>sharkskin</material> binding.</p></physDesc>
Note
The ref attribute may be used to point to one or more items within a taxonomy of types of material, defined either internally or externally.