Hand: Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201), CCCC 198

Name
Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
Manuscript
CCCC 198
Script
Unspecified
Scribe
Unspecified
Date
Saec. xi1
Place
Worcester

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

Somewhat irregular and heavy but with a good deal of shading, this hand is quite cramped vertically, the descenders from one line interfering with the ascenders in the next. Ascenders themselves are thick and straight but at a range of angles; wedges were crudely formed and often have straight, horizontal approach-strokes as well. Descenders are straight but taper off slightly to the left. Minims are thick and more or less vertical with heavy wedges and feet. Single-compartment approximately teardrop-shaped a was used throughout, although the back is often angled at about 80°. The a-component of æ is similarly formed but with a more vertical back. The hook of æ and e is thick, relatively horizontal, and low, remaining below cue-height, and the tongue is thick, horizontal, and also low; the hook curves back in slightly to meet the end of the tongue. Horned e was used throughout, as was round c, the hook of which is short. The back of d is short and close to horizontal, the letter being approximately bilinear. The tongue of f is short and straight. The loop of g is closed and round, and the body as a whole is normally well balanced and hangs from about the middle of the top-stroke. The shoulders of h, m, n, and r can be rounded or very angular. The upper arm of k is high and curves back to the left, and the lower branch does not quite reach the base-line. Only low s is found, the hook of which can be long and angular. The scribe strongly favoured ð over þ, the former having a very long, steep back which turns upwards at the tip and a high, straight cross-stroke hooked down at the right and either up or down at the left. The south-west branch of x is long and curved right at the tip; the two upper branches curve gently down, and the south-east branch curves up. Straight-limbed undotted y appears throughout, the longer stroke of which has ticks left at the top and right at the bottom. The top of 7 is concave up, with a prominent upward curve at the left, and the descender beginning slightly above cue-height on the right and often has an approach-stroke. Latin is not distinguished from Old English in script.

a, Insular

a, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

a, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

a, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

a, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

a, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
æ, Insular

æ, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

æ, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

æ, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

æ, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

æ, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
b

b. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

b. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

b. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

b. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

b. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
c

c. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

c. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

c. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

c. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

c. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
d, Insular

d, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

d, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

d, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

d, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

d, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
e

e. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

e. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

e. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

e. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

e. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

e. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
f, Insular

f, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

f, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

f, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

f, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

f, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
g, Insular

g, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

g, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

g, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

g, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

g, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
h, Insular

h, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

h, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

h, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

h, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

h, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

h, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
i

i. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

i. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

i. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

i. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

i. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
l

l. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

l. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

l. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

l. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

l. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
m

m. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

m. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

m. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

m. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

m. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
n

n. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

n. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

n. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

n. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

n. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
o

o. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

o. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

o. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

o. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

o. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
p

p. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
r, Insular

r, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

r, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

r, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

r, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

r, Insular. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
s, Low

s, Low. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

s, Low. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

s, Low. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

s, Low. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

s, Low. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
t

t. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

t. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

t. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

t. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

t. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
thorn

thorn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

thorn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

thorn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

thorn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

thorn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
eth

eth. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

eth. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

eth. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

eth. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

eth. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
u

u. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

u. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

u. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

u. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

u. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
wynn

wynn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

wynn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

wynn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

wynn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

wynn. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
x

x. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
y, Straight

y, Straight. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

y, Straight. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

y, Straight. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

y, Straight. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

y, Straight. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
7

7. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

7. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

7. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
., punctus

., punctus. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

., punctus. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
./, punctus elevatus

./, punctus elevatus. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
thæt

thæt. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

thæt. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

thæt. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
abbrev. stroke

abbrev. stroke. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

abbrev. stroke. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

abbrev. stroke. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)
accent

accent. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)

accent. Hand 2 (fols. 24–87, 160–201)