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+Explanatory diagrams on the site were made using mermaid.io in simple markdown to generate SVG.
+
+## versionHistory.svg
+Diagram of relationships among the versions of *Frankenstein* in the Variorum. [](https://mermaid.live/edit#pako:eNp1ks9uozAQxl9l5D20lSAtQdsgVqqUzZ89dS_pLc5hwANYMTYyRmlUVeqD7L5cn6QO0IpLffLMfPPT5_G8sNwIYikrlDnlFVoHT2uuwZ_lnvPHHfw1jjJjjrcHCMMQfvtsYbGsSTu0Z0DlZtBg22JJrdcMva07K4IlFFKp9EcyXxQ0D8ba0nMeYHW9j5Io8QrbOmi6TMkcnTT6cDNFrEZEgVm8oKGy6gHriz20pdSoJILU4CqC97d_T5WpsYXcNOf3t_-3hyluPeIoXiTZiPPJcDYLn2E7xErq465Xx77LmiN96oMhDE9SuCqNmucgN8rYNFOYH3_13VOHm-v9HyNOUl-1ECXz-PtXbkZb95SJ_G60teptPcD2Mqk4AhJy2rn5LE9B2xEkFj_je5w44pprFrCabI1S-P9-ueQ58zOribPUXwUV2CnHGdevXoqdM7uzzlnqbEcBs6YrK5YWqFofdY1AR2uJpcX6K3uxaOzjsFH9Yr1-ANnmvZs)
+
+```
+flowchart TD
+ A[\MS Notebook/] --- B[\fragmentary alt. passages/]
+ style A fill:#827fe2,
+ A --> C([1818 first publication])
+ style C fill:#fab37e
+ C --> D[\Marginalia in the “Thomas copy”/]
+ style D fill:#e378be
+ D -..-x F
+ linkStyle 3 stroke:#e378be,stroke-width:1px,color:black;
+
+ C --> E([Godwin's 1823 publication])
+ style E fill:#6ebdc0
+ C -..-> F([1831 edition])
+ E -..-> F
+ style F fill:#d7536a
+```
+
+## editionLineage.svg
+Print and Digital Editions of Frankenstein leading to the *Frankenstein Variorum*
+
+[](https://mermaid.live/edit#pako:eNqFVdtu2zgQ_ZWBFug6gORGdpGLEBhofUniOkUQBy2aOA-0NLYIU6RBUskaRoD9jf5ev6RDSkqdut31gyVyLjznzHC0DVKVYZAEC6Ge0pxpC7eDmQT6vW-1zua9-PT40Jy9nfcODqIo-tC6h2rzXQJjVqCBG-RL1H8bwIxbrqTzTaBKMeLa2MYAagE2R4hP4hOw-I8FLiF-F8MGmTbtOqSvhGCW8jrX21wVzECq1ht4ZJozaQ1FCS4xBI1rjQbdVnzSjXcdAGUmFWVpPxxAFLXb7SjqQb9177GfVoQeDuoTySOCQWM8SqBPOghHTc25NEp-__ebgTPeG2kmVyiNRTriE-WfK7WiXLznSVfpFiw1vOACYa25tFwuG-JXU5BNkNsjIY4i-jt-jWS43RKSgmeRh5rANUppNuKRSc5gKDC1WkmewvCn4D4eM1JxaktXxH6pCSwwmVGZ0hVMNjLNvZfhGUbzTeSepKxTuy6OL4yLcHI-P-9iGu2o80lpBn1NLH4WvQl_wQJP3Oa79QvJ3umGL_l_W66wiqWda56uUDvx3rhyWKvA0Bq9cFdfpnT0k9IrU0tn7IYE_wALLkTyV3aKLOvuGAZ_MgxrwwKz06OjHcNoP2IAronO_a3oHB42t8LbhpWt6uFRtfDv516-C19SCjpOXB_dkCrUGSn0uU6p0VwHJcRvzTS1fqOp2auJO7A64nZ4SarKR9TGey60Kv6vT-qKVvwu9olfeNiXNb_4FT_HnYxjv7j0nMY1p7ibwDRHIXATnavsiYr3Xqc5f8SdSZDxtSDSxPltptKyoFvL9Ia2l9wy0TB-hXC8j3DsEX6sEXZ-U4GJf__oAU5qgB0aVa9u7mfqPKXL4qVZ02bmXE1Dr3hYd65bdTvhr5eiAjjZBziTppwvNVvnIHBJXQ33E_988OavrXs_Exq-dfPebbf_JcTXPzXv3S8A6JyZnMkgDArUBeMZjfWt858FNH4KnAVUjSDDBSuFnQUz-UyurLRqSsMhSKwuMQy0Kpd5kCyYMLQq1xkJM-CMSBUvuw6l0lfVh8N_P8JgzeSdUo3P8w8Lf_vj)
+
+```
+flowchart TD
+ A((1970s))---B([ 1974: James Reiger's edition:
+ First edition of the 1818 text in 141 years.
+ Collates the Thomas copy variants inline, represents 1831 variants in endnotes.]) --...--> C([1990s])
+ C --- D([1996: Charles Robinson’s Frankenstein Notebooks:
+ facsimile printing of the MS notebooks of 1816-1817])
+ C --- E{{mid-1990s: Pennsylvania Electronic Edition
+ eds. Stuart Curran and Jack Lynch
+ side-by-side collation of 1818 and 1831}}
+ C --- F([1996: Nora Crook's edition of 1818
+ with Thomas copy, 1823, and 1831 variants in endnotes,
+ in Pickering & Chatto series of MWS's works])
+ style B fill:#d9ead3
+ style D fill:#d9ead3
+ style E fill:#fed966
+ style F fill:#d9ead3
+ D --> G((2000s))
+ E --> G
+ F --> G
+ G --- H{{2007: Romantic Circles: separate editions of 1818 and 1831
+ TEI conversions from Pennsylvania Electronic Edition}}
+ style H fill:#fed966
+ H --> I((2010s))
+ D ---> J
+ I --- J{{2013: Shelley-Godwin Archive:
+ diplomatic/documentary digital edition}}
+ style J fill:#fed966
+ J --> K((2020s))
+ E --> L
+ K --- L{{2024: Frankenstein Variorum
+ collates MS, 1818, Thomas, 1832, and 1831}}
+ style L fill:#fed966
+
+subgraph legend [Legend]
+ Y([print edition])
+ Z{{digital edition}}
+ style Y fill:#d9ead3
+ style Z fill:#fed966
+end
+```
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