<handDesc>	describes a particular style or hand distinguished within a manuscript.
Attributes:	scribe gives a standard name or other identifier for the scribe believed to be responsible for this hand. Datatype: CDATA Values: 'tremulous hand', 'Hoccleve', etc. Default: #IMPLIED script characterizes the particular script or writing style used by this hand. Datatype: CDATA Values: 'secretary', 'copperplate', 'Chancery', 'Italian', etc. Default: #IMPLIED medium describes the tint or type of ink, e.g. 'brown', or other writing medium, e.g. 'pencil', Datatype: CDATA Default: #IMPLIED scope specifies how widely this hand is used in the manuscript. Datatype: (sole|major|minor) Legal values: sole only this hand is used throughout the manuscript major this hand is used through most of the manuscript minor this hand is used occasionally in the manuscript Default: #IMPLIED
Example	<handDesc><p>Written in insular phase II half-uncial with interlinear Old English gloss in an Anglo-Saxon pointed minuscule.</p></handDesc>
Declaration	<!ELEMENT handDesc - - (p+ |(overview?, palaeography?, orthography?, morphology?)> <!ATTLIST handDesc %a.global; scribe CDATA #IMPLIED script CDATA #IMPLIED medium CDATA #IMPLIED scope (sole|major|minor) #IMPLIED>
See further	2.6.2. Writing and Notations