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Medieval Law Book Format
Email from Stu:
Have a 1747 reprint of a beautiful medieval law book (see photo),which has the typical layout of medieval law books.
The original law (by Pope Pius 13th) is in the two column centered small
sub-page. Various judges' commentaries "surround" the original law, flowing around it
in two larger columns.
(See photo)
Given that I have 2 separate text files, law and commentary, for some other
legal stuff,what is the HTML and CSS I would need to 'pour' these 2 files into the
aforementioned layout?
It is beyond my skills :-(
Stu, I tried a few different versions. This one is the most flexible but is sensitive. If it breaks when you work with it change the showme class to have a border color of red so that you can see where it falls apart. It is too wide to post in my Blog post area but will fit in any space over 400 pixels wide.
The style is included in the post. I tried to use names that will not conflict with your existing style sheet.
I. THE ORDEAL AND THE JURY TRIAL: THEORETICAL PRELUDE
This is just text typed in to demonstrate code. The source is of unknown origin, just text copied and pasted to fill a side of the page to a width that will properly demonstrate the technique.
(18) but if the water repelled him and he floated, he was condemned. In the ordeal of hot iron, the accused walked barehanded with a hot iron bar. Three days later, when her bandages were removed, her healing hands revealed her fate: if the wounds were healing cleanly, she was absolved; if corruptly, condemned.
Three days later, when her bandages were removed, her healing hands revealed her fate: if the wounds were healing cleanly, she was absolved; if corruptly, condemned... But in 1215 the Church forbade priests to officiate at ordeals and suddenly stripped these rituals of their divine imprimatur.
Paragraph 2: This is the right side text. The width is 45 percent which will make the page fluid but I'm not minding all of the rules here. Just typing in what I think might work. The graceful way to do this is not clear. This demonstrates only that it can be done in our browser.
The use of a shim or a spacer.gif is considebeige a cheat by some but for this one to make sense to most people the invisible image is useful. It allows us to make the left column and the right column a fixed size. Best of all, it works. There are a number of considerations for this code. The first line of paragraphs are indented. The padding is adjusted for this font size.
I. THE ORDEAL AND THE JURY TRIAL: THEORETICAL PRELUDE
This is just text typed in to demonstrate code. The source is of unknown origin, just text copied and pasted to fill a side of the page to a width that will properly demonstrate the technique.
(17) Before 1215, criminal trials had proceeded by ordeal or by battle. In the ordeal of cold water, the accused was tossed in a pool with a rope tied around his hips. If he sank, he was hauled out an innocent person, for the purity of the water had accepted him;
Although the jury's origins lie hidden in Dark Ages rituals, we can trace the origins of the sort of jury that concerns us here--the criminal trial jury--with something like pinpoint accuracy: The first true criminal jury trial seems to have taken place at Westminster in 1220.(16) Juries had long acted to resolve various civil disputes, especially claims about land, and they had for decades served as accusing bodies in criminal cases in the manner of modem grand juries. But not before 1220 did a jury sit in judgment of a criminal accused with the discretion either to acquit or to condemn.
The occasion of this sudden birth of trial by jury was the sudden death of trial by ordeal.(17) Before 1215, criminal trials had proceeded by ordeal or by battle. In the ordeal of cold water, the accused was tossed in a pool with a rope tied around his hips. If he sank, he was hauled out an innocent person, for the purity of the water had accepted him...
You will not see this line but it is needed. Take it out to see the background color beige
disappear from the center. Surely there is a better way. Thinkity, thinkity
Copy and paste this in your Blog or Web page.
It will look like this.
I. THE ORDEAL AND THE JURY TRIAL: THEORETICAL PRELUDE
This is just text typed in to demonstrate code. The source is of unknown origin, just text copied and pasted to fill a side of the page to a width that will properly demonstrate the technique.
(18) but if the water repelled him and he floated, he was condemned. In the ordeal of hot iron, the accused walked barehanded with a hot iron bar. Three days later, when her bandages were removed, her healing hands revealed her fate: if the wounds were healing cleanly, she was absolved; if corruptly, condemned.
Three days later, when her bandages were removed, her healing hands revealed her fate: if the wounds were healing cleanly, she was absolved; if corruptly, condemned... But in 1215 the Church forbade priests to officiate at ordeals and suddenly stripped these rituals of their divine imprimatur.
Paragraph 2: This is the right side text. The width is 45 percent which will make the page fluid but I'm not minding all of the rules here. Just typing in what I think might work. The graceful way to do this is not clear. This demonstrates only that it can be done in our browser.
The use of a shim or a spacer.gif is considebeige a cheat by some but for this one to make sense to most people the invisible image is useful. It allows us to make the left column and the right column a fixed size. Best of all, it works. There are a number of considerations for this code. The first line of paragraphs are indented. The padding is adjusted for this font size.
I. THE ORDEAL AND THE JURY TRIAL: THEORETICAL PRELUDE
This is just text typed in to demonstrate code. The source is of unknown origin, just text copied and pasted to fill a side of the page to a width that will properly demonstrate the technique.
(17) Before 1215, criminal trials had proceeded by ordeal or by battle. In the ordeal of cold water, the accused was tossed in a pool with a rope tied around his hips. If he sank, he was hauled out an innocent person, for the purity of the water had accepted him;
Although the jury's origins lie hidden in Dark Ages rituals, we can trace the origins of the sort of jury that concerns us here--the criminal trial jury--with something like pinpoint accuracy: The first true criminal jury trial seems to have taken place at Westminster in 1220.(16) Juries had long acted to resolve various civil disputes, especially claims about land, and they had for decades served as accusing bodies in criminal cases in the manner of modem grand juries. But not before 1220 did a jury sit in judgment of a criminal accused with the discretion either to acquit or to condemn.
The occasion of this sudden birth of trial by jury was the sudden death of trial by ordeal.(17) Before 1215, criminal trials had proceeded by ordeal or by battle. In the ordeal of cold water, the accused was tossed in a pool with a rope tied around his hips. If he sank, he was hauled out an innocent person, for the purity of the water had accepted him...
You will not see this line but it is needed. Take it out to see the background color beige
disappear from the center. Surely there is a better way. Thinkity, thinkity
With the borders on
I. THE ORDEAL AND THE JURY TRIAL: THEORETICAL PRELUDE
This is just text typed in to demonstrate code. The source is of unknown origin, just text copied and pasted to fill a side of the page to a width that will properly demonstrate the technique.
(18) but if the water repelled him and he floated, he was condemned. In the ordeal of hot iron, the accused walked barehanded with a hot iron bar. Three days later, when her bandages were removed, her healing hands revealed her fate: if the wounds were healing cleanly, she was absolved; if corruptly, condemned.
Three days later, when her bandages were removed, her healing hands revealed her fate: if the wounds were healing cleanly, she was absolved; if corruptly, condemned... But in 1215 the Church forbade priests to officiate at ordeals and suddenly stripped these rituals of their divine imprimatur.
Paragraph 2: This is the right side text. The width is 45 percent which will make the page fluid but I'm not minding all of the rules here. Just typing in what I think might work. The graceful way to do this is not clear. This demonstrates only that it can be done in our browser.
The use of a shim or a spacer.gif is considebeige a cheat by some but for this one to make sense to most people the invisible image is useful. It allows us to make the left column and the right column a fixed size. Best of all, it works. There are a number of considerations for this code. The first line of paragraphs are indented. The padding is adjusted for this font size.
I. THE ORDEAL AND THE JURY TRIAL: THEORETICAL PRELUDE
This is just text typed in to demonstrate code. The source is of unknown origin, just text copied and pasted to fill a side of the page to a width that will properly demonstrate the technique.
(17) Before 1215, criminal trials had proceeded by ordeal or by battle. In the ordeal of cold water, the accused was tossed in a pool with a rope tied around his hips. If he sank, he was hauled out an innocent person, for the purity of the water had accepted him;
Although the jury's origins lie hidden in Dark Ages rituals, we can trace the origins of the sort of jury that concerns us here--the criminal trial jury--with something like pinpoint accuracy: The first true criminal jury trial seems to have taken place at Westminster in 1220.(16) Juries had long acted to resolve various civil disputes, especially claims about land, and they had for decades served as accusing bodies in criminal cases in the manner of modem grand juries. But not before 1220 did a jury sit in judgment of a criminal accused with the discretion either to acquit or to condemn.
The occasion of this sudden birth of trial by jury was the sudden death of trial by ordeal.(17) Before 1215, criminal trials had proceeded by ordeal or by battle. In the ordeal of cold water, the accused was tossed in a pool with a rope tied around his hips. If he sank, he was hauled out an innocent person, for the purity of the water had accepted him...
You will not see this line but it is needed. Take it out to see the background color beige
disappear from the center. Surely there is a better way. Thinkity, thinkity
We can create a class named thinborderfloat that will automatically put a thin border around our image with padding and float it to the left. We used a long name, you can name it anything you want.
