Hand: Record of Freeholders (76v), BL Cotton Tiberius B.v, fols. 74 and 76

Name
Record of Freeholders (76v)
Manuscript
BL Cotton Tiberius B.v, fols. 74 and 76
Script
Unspecified
Scribe
Unspecified
Date
Saec. x/xi
Place
Ely

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

This scribe wrote a quite neat and genreally competent hand. The cue-height and base-line are both fairly level, although ascenders and descenders vary in length. The aspect is reminiscent of G.52-1. The scribe used a thin pen with minimal shading. Caroline a was used throughout, the back of which is quite thick, angled at about 80°, and tapering at both ends. Teardrop-shaped a was used for æ, the back of which is vertical and the hook tall and open in ligature with a following letter whenever possible, or in low ligature with following t. The a-component of tall æ can also be flat and horned (þære, line 18), and semi-Caroline æ is also found. Round c was used throughout. The back of d is straight, thick, of medium length, and usually angled at about 45° but is sometimes flatter. The back of e is usually fairly straight but is never horned; the tongue is straight, rising, and fairly short, and the hook somewhat rounded. As with æ, a tall and open but somewhat bulging e is found in ligature whenever possible, including before o and a. The tongue of f is long and can be rising. The top of g is short and can be flat or ~-shaped; the mid-section hangs from the centre, extends down and left, then turns back to the right and extends almost horizontally; the tail turns down and left, hooks up at the tip, and extends well to the left of the top-stroke and so looks as if the whole body has been rotated clockwise. The shoulders of h, m, n, and r are all somewhat angular and were written with a good deal of pen-lift; the foot of h was often added in a separate stroke, and that of r is slightly longer than for the other letters. Tall and low s were both used, the former before t and wynn and the latter elsewhere. Tall s has a narrow hook and leans forward, and the hook of low s branches from well below cue-height. The construction of ð is much like that of d except that the back is longer; the through-stroke is often quite thick and is hooked down on the right but it does not always extend left of the back. The conventional distinction between ð and þ was mostly followed, though with some exceptions (ðæs, ðreo). Straight-limbed dotted y was used throughout, the right branch of which is hooked left. The top of 7 is very short and very concave up, and the down-stroke is angled left. No Latin is found.

a, Insular

a, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

a, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

a, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

a, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

a, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

a, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

a, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)
æ, Caroline

æ, Caroline. Record of Freeholders (76v)
æ, Insular

æ, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

æ, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

æ, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

æ, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

æ, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)
b

b. Record of Freeholders (76v)

b. Record of Freeholders (76v)

b. Record of Freeholders (76v)

b. Record of Freeholders (76v)
c

c. Record of Freeholders (76v)

c. Record of Freeholders (76v)

c. Record of Freeholders (76v)

c. Record of Freeholders (76v)

c. Record of Freeholders (76v)

c. Record of Freeholders (76v)
d, Insular

d, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

d, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

d, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

d, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

d, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)
e

e. Record of Freeholders (76v)

e. Record of Freeholders (76v)

e. Record of Freeholders (76v)

e. Record of Freeholders (76v)

e. Record of Freeholders (76v)

e. Record of Freeholders (76v)

e. Record of Freeholders (76v)

e. Record of Freeholders (76v)
f, Insular

f, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

f, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

f, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

f, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

f, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

f, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)
g, Insular

g, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

g, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

g, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

g, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

g, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

g, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

g, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)
h, Insular

h, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

h, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

h, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

h, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

h, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)
i

i. Record of Freeholders (76v)

i. Record of Freeholders (76v)

i. Record of Freeholders (76v)

i. Record of Freeholders (76v)

i. Record of Freeholders (76v)

i. Record of Freeholders (76v)
l

l. Record of Freeholders (76v)

l. Record of Freeholders (76v)

l. Record of Freeholders (76v)

l. Record of Freeholders (76v)

l. Record of Freeholders (76v)
m

m. Record of Freeholders (76v)

m. Record of Freeholders (76v)

m. Record of Freeholders (76v)

m. Record of Freeholders (76v)

m. Record of Freeholders (76v)
n

n. Record of Freeholders (76v)

n. Record of Freeholders (76v)

n. Record of Freeholders (76v)

n. Record of Freeholders (76v)

n. Record of Freeholders (76v)

n. Record of Freeholders (76v)

n. Record of Freeholders (76v)
o

o. Record of Freeholders (76v)

o. Record of Freeholders (76v)

o. Record of Freeholders (76v)

o. Record of Freeholders (76v)

o. Record of Freeholders (76v)

o. Record of Freeholders (76v)

o. Record of Freeholders (76v)
p

p. Record of Freeholders (76v)

p. Record of Freeholders (76v)
r, Insular

r, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

r, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

r, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

r, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)

r, Insular. Record of Freeholders (76v)
s, Low

s, Low. Record of Freeholders (76v)

s, Low. Record of Freeholders (76v)

s, Low. Record of Freeholders (76v)

s, Low. Record of Freeholders (76v)

s, Low. Record of Freeholders (76v)

s, Low. Record of Freeholders (76v)
s, Tall

s, Tall. Record of Freeholders (76v)

s, Tall. Record of Freeholders (76v)
t

t. Record of Freeholders (76v)

t. Record of Freeholders (76v)

t. Record of Freeholders (76v)

t. Record of Freeholders (76v)

t. Record of Freeholders (76v)

t. Record of Freeholders (76v)
thorn

thorn. Record of Freeholders (76v)

thorn. Record of Freeholders (76v)

thorn. Record of Freeholders (76v)

thorn. Record of Freeholders (76v)

thorn. Record of Freeholders (76v)
wynn

wynn. Record of Freeholders (76v)

wynn. Record of Freeholders (76v)

wynn. Record of Freeholders (76v)

wynn. Record of Freeholders (76v)
y, Straight

y, Straight. Record of Freeholders (76v)

y, Straight. Record of Freeholders (76v)

y, Straight. Record of Freeholders (76v)

y, Straight. Record of Freeholders (76v)
7

7. Record of Freeholders (76v)

7. Record of Freeholders (76v)

7. Record of Freeholders (76v)

7. Record of Freeholders (76v)

7. Record of Freeholders (76v)
thæt

thæt. Record of Freeholders (76v)

thæt. Record of Freeholders (76v)