Syriaca.org editor David Michelson will present to an informational session on on TEI for Manuscripts at Vanderbilt University on 2/2/2015. These are the links for that presentation
XML:
http://dh.obdurodon.org/what-is-xml.xhtml
Gentle Introduction that shows TEI in use:
http://uvatango.wordpress.com/class-materials/tei-handout-poetry-edition/
Simple and sample exercise for using TEI for manuscripts:
http://tei.oucs.ox.ac.uk/Talks/2009-04-galway/exercise-D2_describing-a-manuscript.xml
Examples:
http://wwwb.library.vanderbilt.edu/manuscripts/index.html
Sample Entry: https://github.com/srophe/manuscripts/blob/master/747.xml
Sample file: Wright Vol 1 pp 40-96 Biblical Manuscripts New Testament