Hand: Scribble (to huntoþe, 79r), Pembroke 88

Name

Scribble (to huntoþe, 79r)

Manuscript

Pembroke 88

Script

Unspecified

Scribe

Unspecified

Date

Saec. xi

Place

Unknown (CaA?)

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

This was written in the upper margin with a fairly thick pen but no shading. Neither ascenders nor descenders are longer than minims. Minims themselves can have a small approach-stroke or lack decoration, and they all lack feet. The shoulders of h and n are rounded, and h itself is essentially Caroline. The ascender of h has a small wedge; that of þ is no longer visible, and neither is the final e.