Template:RQ:Sidney Astrophel and Stella/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from two versions of Philip Sidney's work Astrophel and Stella (composed c. 1580s). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the works at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

• 1591 version (archived at the Internet Archive) – this was an unauthorized edition that contained numerous errors, and was suppressed.
• 1598 version – the version published in The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (3rd edition, 1598), which is regarded as the most authoritative text available. The template defaults to this version.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |year= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1591 version, specify |year=1591. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1598 version.
• |song= or |sonnet= –
  • The main part of the work (pages 1–45) comprises 11 songs and 108 sonnets, though these are not numbered. Look up the song or sonnet number from the 1598 version and specify it in Arabic numerals.
  • The part of the work entitled "Other Sonnets of Variable Verse" (pages 46–61) consists of 10 sonnets divided into verses. Use |sonnet= and |verse= to specify the sonnet and verse numbers in Arabic numerals.
• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory: the page or range of pages quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number 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).

This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the part of the work quoted from, and link to an online version of the work.

• |2=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be 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

1591 version

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Sidney Astrophel and Stella|year=1591|sonnet=55|page=23|passage=Mvſes, I oft inuoked your whole ayde, / With choiſeſt flowres, my ſpeech t’'''engarland''' ſo, / That it diſguiſde, in true (but naked) ſhow, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet skill arraid; {{...}}}}; or
  • {{RQ:Sidney Astrophel and Stella|year=1591|sonnet=55|23|Mvſes, I oft inuoked your whole ayde, / With choiſeſt flowres, my ſpeech t’'''engarland''' ſo, / That it diſguiſde, in true (but naked) ſhow, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet skill arraid; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1591, P[hilip] S[idney], “[Sonnet 55]”, in Sir P. S. His Astrophel and Stella […], London: […] [John Danter] for Thomas Newman, →OCLC, page 23:

    Mvſes, I oft inuoked your whole ayde, / With choiſeſt flowres, my ſpeech t’engarland ſo, / That it diſguiſde, in true (but naked) ſhow, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet skill arraid; […]

1598 version

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Sidney Astrophel and Stella|sonnet=55|page=537|passage=Muſes, I oft inuoked your holy ayde, / With choiſeſt flowers my ſpeech to '''engarland''' ſo; / That it deſpiſde in true but naked ſhew, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet grace arraid.}}
• Result:
  • c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1598, →OCLC, sonnet 55, page 537:

    Muſes, I oft inuoked your holy ayde, / With choiſeſt flowers my ſpeech to engarland ſo; / That it deſpiſde in true but naked ſhew, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet grace arraid.

Technical information

This template relies partly on {{RQ:Sidney Arcadia}}.