Hand: Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r), BL Harley 208

Name
Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
Manuscript
BL Harley 208
Script
Unspecified
Scribe
Unspecified
Date
Saec. x/xi
Place
Unknown

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

This short scribble was written in the lower margin in a thick, dark script with a good deal of shading. Ascenders are slightly longer than minims, are fairly straight, and show small wedges; descenders are shorter, also thick, and tend to angle to the right. Round a was used, the back of which is angled at about 80°. The same form was used for æ, with a round hook which can turn back to the left, and a thin, straight, rising tongue. Round c was used, the top of which is longer than the lower stroke, and the letter is almost closed like an o. Caroline d is found. The back of e is close to vertical and can have a very small horn; the lower curve is very short, the hook rounded, and the tongue long, thin, and angled up. The tongue of f is slightly above the base-line and angled up somewhat; the descender is angled at about 80° to the right, and the hook is long and curved, rising well above cue-height. The top of g is flat, the mid-section very straight and angled at about 60°, and the tail rounded and open but turned up at the tip. The shoulder of h is very rounded. Only low s was used, the hook of which branches below cue-height, rises with a very thin hairline, and ends with a large bulge. The lower curve of t hangs from the right of the top-stroke and has a short curve.

a, Insular

a, Insular. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

a, Insular. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

a, Insular. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

a, Insular. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
æ, Insular

æ, Insular. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

æ, Insular. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
c

c. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
d, Caroline

d, Caroline. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
e

e. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

e. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

e. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

e. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

e. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
f, Caroline

f, Caroline. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
g, Insular

g, Insular. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
h, Insular

h, Insular. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
i

i. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
l

l. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

l. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

l. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)

l. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
s, Low

s, Low. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
t

t. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)
wynn

wynn. Scribble (hwæt ic eall feala ealde sæge, 88r)