## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <handShift>

`<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

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from phrase)

`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 Document Hands).
| 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 Document Hands).
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`style` | indicates recognized writing styles.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: Any descriptive name such as ‘secretary’, ‘copperplate’, ‘Chancery’, ‘Italian’, etc.
| 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:

`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 Certainty and Responsibility).
| 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

Module Declared in file teitran2; Additional tag set for Physical Transcription: enabled by TEI.transcr
Class phrase
Data Description Empty.
May occur within 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 date dateRange def del derivation descrip dictScrap distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph entryFree etym expan extent factuality figDesc firstLang foreName foreign form 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 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 view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Declaration

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

See further 18.2.1 Document Hands

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