<handShift>
| <handShift> marks the beginning of a sequence of text written in a new hand, or the beginning of a scribal stint. 11.4.1 Document Hands | |||||||||||||||||
| Module | transcr — 11 Representation of Primary Sources | ||||||||||||||||
| Attributes |  att.handFeatures (@scribe, @script, @medium, @scope) 
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| Used by | |||||||||||||||||
| May contain | Empty element | ||||||||||||||||
| Declaration | 
 element handShift { att.global.attributes, att.handFeatures.attributes, attribute new { data.code }?, attribute resp { data.code }?, 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  | ||||||||||||||||
