Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<hand>

<hand> used in the header to define each distinct scribe or handwriting style.
Attributes (In addition to global attributes)
hand identifier, either numeric or alphanumeric, used thereafter in the document to refer to this scribe or handwriting style (deprecated: use id).
Datatype: CDATA
Default: #IMPLIED
Example: 






Note



This attribute is retained only for compatibility with
P3 and will be withdrawn at the next release. 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.









scribe
gives the name of,
or other identifier for, the
scribe.




Datatype: CDATA






Values: Any name, such as ‘tremulous
 hand’, ‘Hand B’, ‘Hoccleve,
 used to identify a scribe’






Default: #IMPLIED






Example: 








style
indicates recognized
writing styles.




Datatype: CDATA






Values: Any
descriptive name such as ‘secretary’,
‘copperplate’, ‘Chancery’, ‘Italian’, etc.






Default: #IMPLIED






Example: 










mainLang

  (main 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 whether or
not this is the first or main scribe of 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 Certainty and Responsibility).






Default: %INHERITED;






Example: 












Example








Note



The global id attribute is required on this element, and
supplies an identifier, either numeric or alphanumeric, used
thereafter in the document to refer to this scribe or handwriting
style.



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.






Module
Declared in file teitran2; Additional tag set for Physical Transcription: enabled by
TEI.transcr





Data Description
Empty.




May occur within
handList 




Declaration

<!ELEMENT hand %om.RO;  EMPTY> 
<!ATTLIST hand  
      %a.global;
      hand CDATA #IMPLIED
      scribe CDATA #IMPLIED
      style CDATA #IMPLIED
      mainLang CDATA #IMPLIED
      ink CDATA #IMPLIED
      character CDATA #IMPLIED
      first CDATA #IMPLIED
      resp CDATA %INHERITED;>






See further
18.2.1 Document Hands








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