Hand: Main Hand, BL Royal 15.B.xxii

Name
Main Hand
Manuscript
BL Royal 15.B.xxii
Script
Unspecified
Scribe
Unspecified
Date
Saec. xi2 or xi3/4
Place
Unknown

Main text - English Manuscripts 1060-1220 Project

Scribe: Ker 269
Script: English Vernacular Minuscule
Date: s. xi2
Description: Insular minuscule for English and Caroline for Latin are employed by the scribe, alternating scripts according to the language of the text which is copied. This is a small rounded hand, well proportioned and with regular characteristics, which shares some similarities with Faustina A. x (fols 3-101), perhaps through training.

Summary of the characteristics of the hand

s: the high, long form has a pronounced, curved, hook-like top.

Examples from DigiPal:  s, Tall. Main Hand s, Tall. Main Hand

The serifs on minims are prominent.

Examples from DigiPal:  i. Main Hand m. Main Hand n. Main Hand

ascenders: wedged in d, l and b; pointy, and slightly curving to the left in ð and upright and tapered in d.

Examples from DigiPal:  b. Main Hand l. Main Hand d, Caroline. Main Hand eth. Main Hand eth. Main Hand d, Caroline. Main Hand d, Caroline. Main Hand

descenders: prominent with well-defined feet and small serifs.

Source: http://www.le.ac.uk/english/em1060to1220/mss/EM.BL.Roya.15.B.xxii.htm#EM.SC.0216 (accessed 24/04/15)

a, Caroline

a, Caroline. Main Hand

a, Caroline. Main Hand

a, Caroline. Main Hand

a, Caroline. Main Hand

a, Caroline. Main Hand
a, Insular

a, Insular. Main Hand

a, Insular. Main Hand

a, Insular. Main Hand

a, Insular. Main Hand

a, Insular. Main Hand
b

b. Main Hand
d, Caroline

d, Caroline. Main Hand

d, Caroline. Main Hand
d, Insular

d, Insular. Main Hand

d, Insular. Main Hand

d, Insular. Main Hand

d, Insular. Main Hand

d, Insular. Main Hand
g, Caroline

g, Caroline. Main Hand

g, Caroline. Main Hand

g, Caroline. Main Hand

g, Caroline. Main Hand

g, Caroline. Main Hand

g, Caroline. Main Hand

g, Caroline. Main Hand
g, Insular

g, Insular. Main Hand

g, Insular. Main Hand

g, Insular. Main Hand
i

i. Main Hand
l

l. Main Hand
m

m. Main Hand

m. Main Hand
n

n. Main Hand

n. Main Hand

n. Main Hand

n. Main Hand
s, Tall

s, Tall. Main Hand

s, Tall. Main Hand
eth

eth. Main Hand

eth. Main Hand