diff --git a/shell-scripts.d/canticle-base.xml b/shell-scripts.d/canticle-base.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acaec07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell-scripts.d/canticle-base.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
+	<teiHeader>
+		<fileDesc>
+			<titleStmt>CANTICLE</titleStmt>
+		</fileDesc>
+	</teiHeader>
+	<text>