Template:RQ:Gerard Herball/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote John Gerard's work The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes (1st edition, 1597; enlarged edition, 1633). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1597).
• Enlarged edition (1633) by Thomas Johnson.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |year= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the enlarged edition (1633), specify |year=1633.
• |1= or |chapter= – the name of the chapter quoted from.
• |2= or |page=; or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. 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=10–11.
  • 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).

This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the book (I–III) quoted from, and to link to an online version of the work.

• |column= or |columns= – the column number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of column numbers, either omit this parameter or separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash, like this: |columns=1–2.
• |3=, |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.

Examples

1st edition (1597)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Gerard Herball|chapter=Of Wilde Parsley|page=867|column=2|passage=The ſhops of the Lovv countries haue miſcalled it in times paſt by the name of ''Meum'', & vſed it for the right Mevv or '''Spiknell''' [[wort|vvoort]].}}; or
  • {{RQ:Gerard Herball|Of Wilde Parsley|867|column=2|The ſhops of the Lovv countries haue miſcalled it in times paſt by the name of ''Meum'', & vſed it for the right Mevv or '''Spiknell''' [[wort|vvoort]].}}
• Result:
  • 1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Wilde Parsley”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book II, page 867, column 2:

    The ſhops of the Lovv countries haue miſcalled it in times paſt by the name of Meum, & vſed it for the right Mevv or Spiknell vvoort.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Gerard Herball|chapter=Of Bitter Sweete, or Woode Nightshade|pages=278–279|pageref=278|passage='''Bitter ſvveete''' bringeth foorth vvooddie ſtalks as doth the Vine, parted into many ſlender creeping braunches, by vvhich it climeth and taketh holde of hedges and ſhrubbes next vnto it. {{...}} '''Bitter ſvveet''' doth grovv in moiſt places about ditches, riuers, and hedges, almoſt euery vvhere.}}
• Result:
  • 1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Bitter Sweete, or Woode Nightshade”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book II, pages 278–279:

    Bitter ſvveete bringeth foorth vvooddie ſtalks as doth the Vine, parted into many ſlender creeping braunches, by vvhich it climeth and taketh holde of hedges and ſhrubbes next vnto it. […] Bitter ſvveet doth grovv in moiſt places about ditches, riuers, and hedges, almoſt euery vvhere.

Enlarged edition (1633)

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Gerard Herball|year=1633|chapter=Of Stitchvvort|page=46|passage=The '''chiues''' or threds in the middle of the floure are ſometimes of a reddiſh, or of a blackiſh colour.}}
• Result:
  • 1633, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], Thomas Johnson, “Of Stitchvvort”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], enlarged edition, London: […] Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, →OCLC, book I, page 46:

    The chiues or threds in the middle of the floure are ſometimes of a reddiſh, or of a blackiſh colour.