Hand: Seven Glosses (58v, 59r, 65v, 68r, 71r, 75r), BnF latin 2825, fols. 57–81

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

These glosses vary significantly in aspect and in colour, although the letter-forms are consistent; they may have all been written by the same scribe, as Ker implied,Ker, Catalogue, p. 439 (no. 365) but this need not have been the case. Ascenders are usually as long as minms and lack wedges, but that of 68r is very long and has an approach-stroke. Descenders are very long on 68r but are otherwise no longer than minims. Minims show small wedges and small or no feet. Teardrop-shaped a was used. A rounder and wider form was used for æ, the tongue of which is straight and rising and the hook low. The back of d is low, angled at about 10° and barely rising above cue-height, but the tip is close to vertical. The back of e is usually straight and is sometimes horned, and the tongue is usually rising, although a tall ligature is found before t on 59r. The tongue of f is long and curves up at the tip. The top of g is fairly wide and is flat, and the mid-section hangs from the centre and is usually straight and turns sharply at the baseline; the tail is rounded but open and curves up slightly at the tip. The shoulders of m, n, and r are rounded, and the foot of r is long. Only long s is found, although the letter only appears initially or before t or wynn. The scribe used þ over ð; þ is only found once but in a position where ð would have been used if the usual distinction were followed. The top of 7 is short and the downstroke is close to vertical. The Latin glosses are distinguished by script, and the main Latin text includes rubrics in English Vernacular minuscule.