`<handShift>` | marks the beginning of a sequence of text written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.

Attributes:

`new` | identifies the new hand.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: must be one of the hand identifiers declared in the document header (see section 18.2.1 ).
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`old` | identifies the old hand.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: must be one of the hand identifiers declared in the document header (see section 18.2.1 ).
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`style` | indicates recognised writing styles
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: 'secretary', 'copperplate', 'Chancery', 'Italian', etc.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`ink` | describes colour of ink, e.g. 'brown'. May also be used to indicate the writing medium, e.g. 'pencil'
| Datatype: CDATA
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`character` | used to describe other characteristics of the hand, particularly those related to the quality of the writing.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: 'shaky', 'thick', 'regular'
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`resp` | (responsible) signifies the editor or transcriber responsible for identifying the change of hand.
| Datatype: IDREF
| 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 `<handShift>` element may be used either to denote a shift in the document hand (as from one scribe to another, on one writing style to another). Or, it may indicate a shift within a document hand, as a change of writing style, character or ink
Tagset | additional tag set for transcription of primary sources
Class | phrase
Filename | `teitran2`
Content: | Empty.

Parents

ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date dateRange def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality figDesc firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref

Children | [none]

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT handShift     - O  EMPTY                              >
    <!ATTLIST handShift          %a.global
              new                IDREF               #IMPLIED
              old                IDREF               #IMPLIED
              style              CDATA               #IMPLIED
              ink                CDATA               #IMPLIED
              character          CDATA               #IMPLIED
              resp               IDREF               %INHERITED     >

See | 18.2.1

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