Hand: Hand 3 (17r1–8, 17v12–21, 20r7–11), Bodleian Hatton 76 (4125), fols. 1–67

Stokes, English Vernacular Script, ca 990–ca 1035, Vol. 2 (PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2006)

This scribe’s first and second stints were written with a pen much like that of G.632-1. The proportions in the first two stints are also close to those of G.632-1: ascenders are about 1.5 times the length of minims and have wedges which can tend towards barbs. Although the script has little shading, ascenders can have the thickness and length common to many scripts from Worcester at this time. Descenders are usually straight but can turn left, particularly with þ. Minims have wedges and small horizontal feet. The third stint, on 20r, was written with a thinner pen, with more rounded bodies, longer and often heavily tapering ascenders, and a less regular script in general. Single-compartment a was used throughout, sometimes with a fairly narrow body and vertical back, and sometimes with a wider and more rotund body. A similar form was used for æ, but the top of the a-component is usually flatter than in a itself, and the body is usually wider. The hooks of æ and e are rounded and the tongue thin and angled up. The bodies of c and e are round, the lower stroke curving up further than the hook. The back of d is usually fairly straight, fairly short, angled at about 50°, and turned up very slightly at the tip. An alternative, nearly bilinear form with a short concave-down back is also found. The tongue of f is thin and straight. The top of g is flat or slightly concave up; the mid-section hangs from the centre or left and the tail is wide and closed, although the stroke often meets the mid-section right of centre below the base-line rather than at the point where the mid-section turns to the right. The vertical and lower branch of k both meet the base-line, and the upper branch is curved down, the two branches formed not unlike horned c. The shoulders of h, m, n, and r are somewhat rounded and branch just below cue-height. Tall s was used throughout, sometimes standing on the base-line, sometimes dropping very slightly below, and sometimes dropping slightly further below and curving back to the left. The conventional distinction was followed between þ and ð. The back of ð is long, angled first at about 80° and then curving up to the vertical. The through-stroke of ð is thin, does not pass through the left of the back, and lacks a hook. Straight-limbed dotted y is found, the right branch hooked left. The upper branches of x are curved down and the lower left branch is long and curved up. The top of 7 is long and is hooked up at the left but is otherwise flat.