Handwriting: the hand attribute and the hand element

Encoding Instructions (new P5 version)

There are several elements which typically are used to encode handwriting, each of which carries a hand attribute to indicate whose handwriting it is. These elements include add, addSpan, and del.

The value of the hand attribute is the key of the person whose handwriting is being encoded. This hand attribute is an IDREF which must point to the ID of a hand element in the TEI header. One hand element must appear for each person whose handwriting appears in the text; these hand elements are grouped together within the handList element inside the profileDesc, right after the langUsage element.

The WWP does not use any of the other attributes on hand, such as ink=, scribe=, or character=.

Example 1. In the following example, the addition is in Eleanor Davies’ handwriting; the
          <handlist> element in the <teiHeader> lists all the people
          whose handwriting appears in the text (including one other person who is unidentified).
          <teiHeader>...<profileDesc><langUsage>...</langUsage>
          <handlist><hand xml:id="unknown.zzx"> <hand
          xml:id="EDavies.new">
          </handlist></profileDesc>...</teiHeader> ...
          <p>...And such passages <add
          hand="EDavies.new">By</add>or straits, setting forth his
          prerogative...</p>