> Yes, this is a bug. Pls fill out a SF ticket to that effect!

Done: SF bug 2938735 added.


> Another possibility might be to allow multiple values with the
> specific meaning that these are alternatives rather than
> complementary, since a given passage can only be written by one
> person at a time. So <handShift new="#A #B"/> must mean a shift to
> either hand A or hand B, rather than a shift to both A and B. Not
> sure if I like that or not.

I don't, so I didn't mention it in the bug report.

(BTW, it's not awful, but I don't like it for two reasons:

* doesn't scale as nicely -- if I've narrowed down the handwriting at
  various spots to 7 out of the field of 17 possibles ...

* while the need to express "both A and B" is very unlikely, TEI
  should not foreclose that possibility. Of course, if hand= and new=
  could point to <link> to express 'and', then separate URIs could be
  used to express 'or'.)