Hand: Scribble 1 (writ þus oððe bet ride aweg, 4v), BL Harley 55, fols. 1–4

Name
Scribble 1 (writ þus oððe bet ride aweg, 4v)
Manuscript
BL Harley 55, fols. 1–4
Script
Unspecified
Scribe
Unspecified
Date
Saec. xi
Place
Unknown (Worces or York?)

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

This script has very short ascenders with thin trailing approach-strokes at the top; descenders are somewhat longer but shorter than minims. Letter-forms used are semi-caroline a; a very low, short back on d; round e; a very round Caroline g; low s, a slightly ~-shaped top on t; and a short back and vertical tip on ð.

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