Template:Infobox Historical Source
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A formatted infobox for primary historical texts relevant to cannabis documentation and taxonomy. Used on article pages for foundational works such as botanical treatises, colonial surveys, ethnobotanical studies and field reports.
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{{Infobox Historical Source
|title_original = Het Amboinsche Kruid-boek
|title_english = The Amboinese Herbal
|title_latin = Herbarium Amboinense
|image = Herbarium_Amboinense_Vol5_Plate_LXXVII.jpg
|image_caption = Tab. LXXVII: Cannabis indica, male (Fig. 1) and Ginji Papoua (Fig. 2)
|author = Georg Eberhard Rumphius
|author_dates = 1627–1702
|editor = Johannes Burman
|language = Latin, Dutch
|composed = c. 1690
|published = 1741–1750
|publisher = Changuion, Uytwerf & Catuffe
|place = Amsterdam
|volumes = 6
|pages_total =
|cannabis_volume = 5
|cannabis_pages = 208–211
|cannabis_chapter = XXXIV (De Indische Hennip)
|cannabis_plates = Tab. LXXVII
|growing_regions = Ambon, Java, Papua
|varieties = Ginji Lacki Lacki, Ginji Papoua
|preparations = Smoked with tobacco, Majub, leaf tea, juice with betel
|uses_documented = Medicinal, recreational, aphrodisiac, military
|taxonomic_significance = First use of the name "Cannabis indica"
|digital_facsimile = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10355
|original_held_at = Leiden University Libraries (MS BPL 314)
|translation = Beekman, E.M. (2011). ''The Ambonese Herbal''
|period = Pre-1800 sources
|regional_cat = Indonesia
}}
Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| title_original | Yes | Title in original language |
| title_english | No | English translation of title |
| title_latin | No | Latin title (for works with multiple language editions) |
| image | No | Filename of representative image (plate, title page, etc.) |
| image_caption | No | Caption for image |
| image_alt | No | Alternative text for the image, for readers who cannot see it. Describe what the image shows, rather than repeating the caption. Defaults to the caption, then to the title |
| author | Yes | Primary author |
| author_dates | No | Birth–death years |
| editor | No | Editor (especially for posthumous works) |
| language | No | Language(s) of text |
| composed | No | Date or range when composed |
| composed_date | No | Stored as the composition date in place of composed. Use it when composed is not a date or range the property can read, such as a century, and leave it empty to store nothing
|
| published | Yes | Publication date |
| publisher | No | Publisher name |
| place | No | Place of publication |
| volumes | No | Number of volumes |
| pages_total | No | Total pages across all volumes |
| cannabis_volume | No | Volume containing cannabis content |
| cannabis_pages | No | Page range for cannabis content |
| cannabis_chapter | No | Chapter number/title for cannabis content |
| cannabis_plates | No | Plate numbers depicting cannabis |
| growing_regions | No | Growing regions documented (descriptive prose; not used for categorisation) |
| varieties | No | Varieties or landraces described |
| preparations | No | Cannabis preparations documented |
| uses_documented | No | Types of use documented |
| taxonomic_significance | No | Key taxonomic contributions |
| digital_facsimile | No | URL to digitised version. The link label is taken from the host: the Internet Archive, BHL, the National Library of Scotland, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Delpher, Gallica, JSTOR and Google Books are recognised, and anything else reads "View the digitised copy" |
| facsimile_label | No | Overrides that label. Use it for a host the template does not know, or when the link needs naming more exactly |
| original_held_at | No | Library/archive holding the original manuscript |
| translation | No | Modern translation reference |
| period | Yes | Time period category. One of: Pre-1800 sources, 19th century sources, 20th century sources, 21st century sources |
| regional_cat | No | Regional category. Country or region the source pertains to (eg Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Southeast Asia). Leave blank for sources without a clear regional focus. |
Categories
Pages using this template are placed in the period category set by the period parameter, plus a regional category if regional_cat is set.
Semantic properties
The template emits the following SMW properties via #set. Display-only parameters (author dates, Latin title, volume and total-page counts, chapter and plate references, growing regions, varieties, preparations and uses) are not stored. The period and regional_cat values drive categories rather than properties.
| Parameter | Property |
|---|---|
| title_original | Has source title |
| title_english | Has source title english |
| author | Has source author |
| editor | Has source editor (no Property page, so the value is stored as a page name and must not contain a link)
|
| language | Has source language |
| composed_date, else composed | Has composition date |
| published | Has publication date |
| publisher | Has publisher |
| place | Has publication place |
| cannabis_volume | Has cannabis volume |
| cannabis_pages | Has cannabis pages |
| taxonomic_significance | Has taxonomic significance |
| digital_facsimile | Has digital facsimile URL |
| original_held_at | Has original held at |
| translation | Has source translation reference |