Hand: Main Hand, CCCC 449, fols. 42–96

Name
Main Hand
Manuscript
CCCC 449, fols. 42–96
Script
Unspecified
Scribe
Unspecified
Date
Saec. xi1/4
Place
Unknown

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

This compact but quite regular script was written with a medium-width pen and has some shading. A relatively large number of lines were ruled for each page and so the script is somewhat cramped. Ascenders are long, sometimes more than twice the length of minims, and have small wedges or forks. Descenders are shorter, of similar length to minims or less, and straight. The minims themselves have curved approach-strokes and small or no feet, although tapering strokes can be found, particularly on m and n, and the strokes are usually fairly straight. Single-compartment a is found throughout, the back of which is vertical but the top is rounded and so the form is somewhere between teardrop-shaped and rotund. A similar form was used for æ, the eye of which squints and the tongue rises. Round c was used throughout. The back of d is always short and often straight, angled at about 45°, but it can be more horizontal and vertical-tipped. Horned e was used throughout with a long curved approach-stroke, and with a squinting eye and rising tongue like those of æ. The tongue of f is short and concave up. The top of g is also short, and the mid-section hangs from the right, curves out to the left then back to the right, and the tail forms a small closed loop. The shoulders of h, m, n, and r are all slightly rounded, but the down-strokes are straight and vertical. Tall s was used almost without exception and stands firmly on the base-line, although low s can also be found. The conventional distinction was largely followed between þ and ð, although Ð was used almost without exception. The back of ð is long, angled up at about 70–80°, and can have a slight upwards curve, and the through-stroke can be hooked up or down on the right and can be straight or hooked up on the left. The south-west branch of x descends below the base-line and curves slightly left, and the north-east branch can curve down or be hooked left. Straight-limbed dotted y was used throughout, the tail of which is curved left and the right branch hooked left. Round undotted y is found once (80r23), but this appears to be in rasura and so was probably the work of a different scribe. The top of 7 is long and slightly concave up, and the descender is straight. Latin was carefully distinguised from Old English.

a, Caroline

a, Caroline. Main Hand

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a, Insular

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æ, Insular

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b

b. Main Hand

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c

c. Main Hand

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d, Caroline

d, Caroline. Main Hand

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d, Insular

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e

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f, Caroline

f, Caroline. Main Hand

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f, Insular

f, Insular. Main Hand

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g, Caroline

g, Caroline. Main Hand

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g, Insular

g, Insular. Main Hand

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h, Caroline

h, Caroline. Main Hand

h, Caroline. Main Hand

h, Caroline. Main Hand

h, Caroline. Main Hand
h, Insular

h, Insular. Main Hand

h, Insular. Main Hand

h, Insular. Main Hand

h, Insular. Main Hand

h, Insular. Main Hand

h, Insular. Main Hand

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i

i. Main Hand

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l

l. Main Hand

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m

m. Main Hand

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N

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p

p. Main Hand

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q

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r, Caroline

r, Caroline. Main Hand

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r, Insular

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s, Low

s, Low. Main Hand

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s, Tall

s, Tall. Main Hand

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thorn

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u

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wynn

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x

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y, Round

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y, Straight

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&

&. Main Hand

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., punctus

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;, punctus versus

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thæt

thæt. Main Hand

thæt. Main Hand

thæt. Main Hand
abbrev. stroke

abbrev. stroke. Main Hand

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accent

accent. Main Hand

accent. Main Hand
ligature

ligature. Main Hand

ligature. Main Hand

ligature. Main Hand