Hand: Glossaries, Set 1a (50r), Brussels, BR 1828–1830 (185), fols. 36–109

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

These glosses were written in a light hand with long thin strokes. Ascenders are long and usually tapering but can have slight wedges, and descenders are long and trailing. Teardrop-shaped a and æ were used, although a much more rounded a-component is sometimes found in æ. The tongue of æ is straight and rising, and the hook is low and rounded. Round c was used, as was round e with the hook and tongue like those of æ. The back of d can be short and rounded or slightly longer and straighter but close to bilinear. The tongue of f is short and concave up, and the hook is slightly longer. The top of g is long and flat, the mid-section hangs from about the centre and is quite rounded, and the tail is round and closed. The shoulders of h, m, and n are fairly rounded. Low and long s are both found, as is round s very occasionally (swicmase, his, cuscote); long s appears most often before t and once forms a Caroline ligature with this letter (hulfestran, 50r2). The back of ð is fairly straight and very steep, and the through-stroke lacks a hook. The north-east branch of x is hooked left and the south-west branch is long and tapering. Straight-limbed undotted y was used, the right branch of which is hooked left. Latin is distinguished by script; the aspect is like Style-II Anglo-Caroline but both Caroline and cc a are found in r+a ligatures.