mei:hand 

Defines a distinct scribe or handwriting style.

Element Information

Model

(mei:address) | (mei:annot) | (mei:bibl) | (mei:date) | mei:abbr | mei:expan | (mei:identifier) | (mei:lb) | (mei:num) | mei:name | mei:corpName | mei:persName | (mei:repository) | (mei:geogName) | mei:rend | mei:stack | (mei:title) | (mei:fig) | mei:bloc | mei:country | mei:district | mei:geogFeat | mei:region | mei:settlement | mei:postBox | mei:postCode | mei:street | mei:periodName | mei:styleName | mei:ptr | mei:ref | mei:symbol
Children: mei:abbr, mei:address, mei:annot, mei:bibl, mei:bloc, mei:corpName, mei:country, mei:date, mei:district, mei:expan, mei:fig, mei:geogFeat, mei:geogName, mei:identifier, mei:lb, mei:name, mei:num, mei:periodName, mei:persName, mei:postBox, mei:postCode, mei:ptr, mei:ref, mei:region, mei:rend, mei:repository, mei:settlement, mei:stack, mei:street, mei:styleName, mei:symbol, mei:title

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
analog xs:string optional 
Contains a reference to a field or element in another descriptive encoding
system to which this MEI element is comparable.
initial mei:mei_data.BOOLEAN optional 
Marks this hand as the first one of the document.
label xs:string optional 
Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any
string.
medium xs:string optional 
Describes the writing medium.
n optional 
Provides a number-like designation for an element.
resp restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text's creation,
transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers
declared in the document header.
translit xs:NMTOKEN optional 
Specifies the transliteration technique used.
xml:base mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative
URI references into absolute URI references.
xml:id xs:ID optional 
Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links
between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique
value.
xml:lang xs:language optional 
Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this
attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of
private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI
header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value.

Used By

Element mei:handList

Source 

<xs:element name="hand">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>Defines a distinct scribe or handwriting style.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType mixed="true">
    <xs:group minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" ref="mei:mei_model.textphraseLike.limited"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.lang.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.medium.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.responsibility.attributes"/>
    <xs:attribute name="initial" type="mei:mei_data.BOOLEAN">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Marks this hand as the first one of the document.</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
    </xs:attribute>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample