This file displays part of an apocryphal letter from Pontius Pilate to Caesar (Columbia Univ., Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Plimpton MS 99, f. iv, verso); it includes an opener, closer, and dateline. If you have installed the ds3.exe package, you can use NoteTab to open the XML file that underlies the material below (plimpton099.xml).
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<title>A Machine-readable Transcription of an Apocryphal Letter of Pontius Pilate</title>
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<resp>Transcribed and marked up by</resp> <name>Sharon K. Goetz</name>
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<lb/><opener><ptr target="n1"/>Ontiu&longs; pylatu&longs; Iudee p
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<expan>ur
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<salute>Tyberio Ce&longs;ari i
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<expan>er
</expan>atori.
<lb/>S
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<expan>lurimam
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</salute></opener><p>De ye&longs;u cri&longs;to que
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<lb/>delarauera
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<lb/>&longs;ubnite
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<expan>m
</expan> &longs;u
<expan>m
</expan>ptu
<expan>m
</expan> e
<expan>&longs;t
</expan>. Viru
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<lb/>nulla eta&longs; ante h
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</p><closer>Vale.
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