Template:RQ:Jonson Royall Masques

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from three of Ben Jonson's works published together under the title The Characters of Two Royall Masques (1st edition, 1608); the third work has a separate title page. It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |chapter= – the name of the "chapter" or part of the masque quoted from.
• |1= or |page= – mandatory: as the work is unpaginated, use this parameter to specify the "page number" assigned by the Internet Archive to the URL of the webpage to be linked to. For example, if the URL is https://archive.org/details/charactersoftwor00jons/page/n8/mode/1up, specify |page=8. This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the masque quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
• |sig= or |signature=, and |verso= – |sig= or |signature= can be used to specify the signature number quoted from, which is indicated at the bottom centre of some pages. If quoting from a verso (left-hand) page specify |verso=1 or |verso=yes; if |verso= is omitted, the template indicates that a recto (right-hand) page is quoted.
  • If a signature number is not indicated on a page, extrapolate it from the signature numbers before and after the page and enclose it in brackets using [ and ] For example, if the previous signature number is A3 and the next one is B, specify the missing signature number as |sig=[A4].
  • If quoting a range of signatures, for example, "signatures A3, verso – , recto", use |sig= or |signature=, and |verso=, to specify the signature at the start of the range, and |sigend= or |signatureend=, and |versoend=, (if required) to specify the signature at the end of the range.
  • If this parameter is omitted, the template links the URL of the online version of the work to the name of the masque quoted from.
• |2=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
• |brackets= – use |brackets=on to 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.

Signature specified

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Jonson Royall Masques|chapter=Æthiopia|sig=B3|verso=1|page=17|passage=I vvas that bright Face / Reflected by the ''Lake'', in vvhich thy ''Race'' / Read mysticke lines; (vvhich skill {{smallcaps|]}} / Firſt taught to men, by a '''reuerberate''' glaſſe)}}; or
  • {{RQ:Jonson Royall Masques|chapter=Æthiopia|sig=B3|verso=1|17|I vvas that bright Face / Reflected by the ''Lake'', in vvhich thy ''Race'' / Read mysticke lines; (vvhich skill {{smallcaps|]}} / Firſt taught to men, by a '''reuerberate''' glaſſe)}}
• Result:
  • 1605 January 16 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Queenes Masques. The First, of Blacknesse:  [The Masque of Blackness]. Æthiopia.”, in The Characters of Two Royall Masques. The One of Blacknesse, the Other of Beautie. , London: [George Eld] for Thomas Thorp, , published , →OCLC, signature B3, verso:

    I vvas that bright Face / Reflected by the Lake, in vvhich thy Race / Read mysticke lines; (vvhich skill Pithagoras / Firſt taught to men, by a reuerberate glaſſe)

Signature not specified

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Jonson Royall Masques|chapter=Æthiopia|page=17|passage=I vvas that bright Face / Reflected by the ''Lake'', in vvhich thy ''Race'' / Read mysticke lines; (vvhich skill {{smallcaps|]}} / Firſt taught to men, by a '''reuerberate''' glaſſe)}}
• Result:
  • 1605 January 16 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Queenes Masques. The First, of Blacknesse: Personated at the Court, at White-hall, on the Twelu’th Night. 1605. [The Masque of Blackness]. Æthiopia.”, in The Characters of Two Royall Masques. The One of Blacknesse, the Other of Beautie. , London: [George Eld] for Thomas Thorp, , published , →OCLC:

    I vvas that bright Face / Reflected by the Lake, in vvhich thy Race / Read mysticke lines; (vvhich skill Pithagoras / Firſt taught to men, by a reuerberate glaſſe)