Parts Level:  Scripts

Definition:  Type of script used, in practice usually a subset of the Latin alphabet.

Comment:  For a list of possible terms, see Appendix 3, available in a combination box on the form, with "Add List" allowing the inputter to add other script names. Please avoid adjectives of aesthetic nature (redundant since the user can see for himself if a particular hand is elegant, crabbed, idiosyncratic, trembling, etc.), but retain those that are indicative of script location or date (as shown in the combination box, e.g. "pregothic script" or "Byzantinizing capitals"); remember that the purpose in naming a script is to allow searchability for that script, and only secondarily to tell a user the name of the script that he is looking at; therefore, the more generic the script term used, the more likely that it will be caught in a search net. If a user requires more precise results, he can limit his search by requesting a place, a date or a text in combination with the simple script name. If you need to cite more than one script, separate the two (or more) with a semicolon and a space.

Example:

• Gothic [with the Place of Origin limited to "France" and the Date of Origin limited to "s. XIII"]
• Gothic [with the text limited to "Gradual"]
• Gothic; Humanistic

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

Required?:  No.