Parts Level:  Number of Scribes

Definition:  Number of readily distinguishable hands with span of leaves copied by each person.

Comment:  Assume that the scribe is the same person throughout the book, unless at one certain point (not gradually over the course of the book) there is a distinct difference. Devise a general statement when the situation is too complex to lay out in full.

Example:

• Scribe i, ff. 1-8v; scribe ii, ff. 9-56v
• Scribe i, ff. 1-32v, 112-116v; scribe ii, ff. 33-111v, 117-251
• Several scribes.
• Numerous scribes, with breaks frequently corresponding to textual divisions

Properties:  Data type: text. Field size: 255 (changed 2009-05-04 for vers. 9.0.2; previously: Field size: 80 characters).

Required?:  No.