<handShift>

<handShift> marks the beginning of a sequence of text written in a new hand, or the beginning of a scribal stint. [11.3.2.1 Document Hands]
Moduletranscr — Representation of Primary Sources
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) att.handFeatures (@scribe, @scribeRef, @script, @scriptRef, @medium, @scope) att.responsibility (@cert, @resp) (att.source (@source))
newindicates a handNote element describing the hand concerned.
Status Recommended
Datatype

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
Note

This attribute serves the same function as the hand attribute provided for those elements which are members of the att.transcriptional class. It may be renamed at a subsequent major release.

Member of
Contained by
analysis: cl pc phr s w
figures: cell
linking: ab seg
spoken: u writing
tagdocs: eg
textcrit: lem rdg wit witDetail
verse: rhyme
May containEmpty element
Declaration

<rng:element name="handShift">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.handFeatures.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="new">
   <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:empty/>
</rng:element>
element handShift
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.handFeatures.attributes,
   att.responsibility.attributes,
   att.source.attributes,
   attribute new { data.pointer }?,
   empty
}
Example
<l>When wolde the cat dwelle in his ynne</l>
<handShift medium="greenish-ink"/>
<l>And if the cattes skynne be slyk <handShift medium="black-ink"/> and gaye</l>
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. Like other milestone elements, it should appear at the point of transition from some other state to the state which it describes.