<body>

<body> (text body) contains the whole body of a single unitary text, excluding any front or back matter. [4. Default Text Structure]
Module textstructure
Attributes
att.global
xml:id
n
xml:lang
lim.att.global.fragmentable
part
att.global.rendition
style
rendition
att.global.linking
corresp
copyOf
next
prev
att.global.source
source
Contained by
textstructure: text
May contain
core: bibl biblStruct cit desc divGen ellipsis gap head l label lb lg list listBibl milestone note noteGrp p pb q quote sp
figures: figure table
lim: NB noteMarker rule
linking: ab linkGrp
msdescription: msDesc
namesdates: listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace
tagdocs: egXML
textstructure: byline closer dateline div docAuthor docDate epigraph opener postscript salute signed titlePage trailer
transcr: fw metamark
Note
The LiM project adds titlePage as an allowable child of body as titlePages are understood as separate intellectual items.
Examples

<body>
   <l>Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard</l>
   <l>metudæs maecti end his modgidanc</l>
   <l>uerc uuldurfadur sue he uundra gihuaes</l>
   <l>eci dryctin or astelidæ</l>
   <l>he aerist scop aelda barnum</l>
   <l>heben til hrofe haleg scepen.</l>
   <l>tha middungeard moncynnæs uard</l>
   <l>eci dryctin æfter tiadæ</l>
   <l>firum foldu frea allmectig</l>
   <trailer>primo cantauit Cædmon istud carmen.</trailer>
</body>
Source Github

<elementSpec rend="change" module="textstructure" ident="body">
   <gloss>text body</gloss>
   <desc>contains the whole body of a single unitary text, excluding any front or back matter.</desc>
   <classes>
      <memberOf key="att.global"/>
   </classes>
   <content>
      <alternate minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
         <elementRef key="titlePage"/>
         <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
            <classRef key="model.global" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
            <sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
               <classRef key="model.divTop"/>
               <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                  <classRef key="model.global"/>
                  <classRef key="model.divTop"/>
               </alternate>
            </sequence>
            <sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
               <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
               <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                  <classRef key="model.global"/>
                  <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
               </alternate>
            </sequence>
            <alternate minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
               <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                  <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
                  <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                     <classRef key="model.global"/>
                     <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
                  </alternate>
               </sequence>
               <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                  <classRef key="model.div1Like"/>
                  <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                     <classRef key="model.global"/>
                     <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
                  </alternate>
               </sequence>
               <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
                  <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                     <alternate minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
                        <elementRef key="schemaSpec"/>
                        <classRef key="model.common"/>
                     </alternate>
                     <classRef key="model.global" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
                  <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
                     <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                        <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
                        <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                           <classRef key="model.global"/>
                           <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
                        </alternate>
                     </sequence>
                     <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                        <classRef key="model.div1Like"/>
                        <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                           <classRef key="model.global"/>
                           <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
                        </alternate>
                     </sequence>
                  </alternate>
               </sequence>
            </alternate>
            <sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
               <classRef key="model.divBottom"/>
               <classRef key="model.global" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
            </sequence>
         </sequence>
      </alternate>
   </content>
</elementSpec>