<hand> used in the header to define each distinct scribe or handwriting style.
Attributes:
hand identifier, either numeric or alphanumeric, used thereafter in the document to refer to this scribe or handwriting style.
Datatype: CDATA
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
Note

This attribute is retained only for compatibility with P3 and may be withdrawn at a later version. Its use is deprecated; the id attribute should be used to supply a unique identifier for the hand; the n attribute may be used to supply an alternative (and possibly non-unique) name.

id identifier, either numeric or alphanumeric, used thereafter in the document to refer to this scribe or handwriting style.
Datatype: ID
Default: #REQUIRED
Example:
scribe gives the name of, or other identifier for, the scribe.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: 'tremulous hand', 'hand b', 'Hoccleve'
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
style indicates recognized writing styles.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: 'secretary', 'copperplate', 'Chancery', 'Italian', etc.
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
lang (language) indicates dominant language of hand.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: 'Latin', 'English'
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
ink describes tint or type of ink, e.g. 'brown'. May also be used to indicate the writing medium, e.g. 'pencil',
Datatype: CDATA
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
character describes other characteristics of the hand, particularly those related to the quality of the writing.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: 'shaky', 'thick', 'regular'
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
first indicates the first scribe in the document.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: 'YES', 'NO'
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
resp (responsible) indicates the editor or transcriber responsible for identifying the hand.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: must be one of the identifiers declared in the document header, associated with a person asserted as responsible for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing or encoding (see chapter 17 ).
Default: %INHERITED
Example:
Example
Note

The <hand> element is used in the header to define each unique hand, including unique scribes, distinguished by the encoder in the document. One such element must appear within the header for each hand distinguished in the text. Each location where a change of hands occurs is marked in the text by the <handShift> milestone element.

Tagsetadditional tag set for transcription of primary sources
Class
Filenameteitran2
Content: Empty.
ParentshandList
Children[none]
Declaration
<!ELEMENT hand          - O  EMPTY                              >
<!ATTLIST hand               %a.analysis
                             %a.linking
                             %a.terminology
          n                  CDATA               #IMPLIED
          rend               CDATA               #IMPLIED
          hand               CDATA               #IMPLIED
          id                 ID                  #REQUIRED
          scribe             CDATA               #IMPLIED
          style              CDATA               #IMPLIED
          lang               CDATA               #IMPLIED
          ink                CDATA               #IMPLIED
          character          CDATA               #IMPLIED
          first              CDATA               #IMPLIED
          resp               CDATA               %INHERITED     >
See 18.2.1

Back to index