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Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Richard Francis Burton's work The Book of the Sword (1st edition, 1884). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|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 indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto 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
[edit]- Wikitext:
{{RQ:R. F. Burton Sword|chapter=The Sword: What is It?|page=137|passage=The wavy, cutting surface appears in the ‘'''flamberge''',’ to which flame gave a name: it is nowhere better developed than in the beautiful Malay kris (crease). The object seems to be that of increasing the cutting surface.}}; or{{RQ:R. F. Burton Sword|The Sword: What is It?|137|The wavy, cutting surface appears in the ‘'''flamberge''',’ to which flame gave a name: it is nowhere better developed than in the beautiful Malay kris (crease). The object seems to be that of increasing the cutting surface.}}
- Result:
- 1884, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Sword: What is It?”, in The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, page 137:
- The wavy, cutting surface appears in the ‘flamberge,’ to which flame gave a name: it is nowhere better developed than in the beautiful Malay kris (crease). The object seems to be that of increasing the cutting surface.
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:R. F. Burton Sword|chapter=The Sword in Babylonia, Assyria, and Persia, and Ancient India|pages=205–206|pageref=206|passage=The longer weapon is carried by a narrow '''bauldric''' slung over the right shoulder and meeting another cord-shaped band at the breast, in fact suggesting our antiquated cross-belts. The Sword is always worn on the left side. {{...}} A soldier's '''bauldric''' is coloured red, like the wood of the bows and arrows.}} - Result
- 1884, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Sword in Babylonia, Assyria, and Persia, and Ancient India”, in The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, pages 205–206:
- The longer weapon is carried by a narrow bauldric slung over the right shoulder and meeting another cord-shaped band at the breast, in fact suggesting our antiquated cross-belts. The Sword is always worn on the left side. […] A soldier's bauldric is coloured red, like the wood of the bows and arrows.
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