Hand: Scribble (ælfric wulfrices [. . . .], 2r), BL Harley 526, fols. 1–27

Name

Scribble (ælfric wulfrices [. . . .], 2r)

Manuscript

BL Harley 526, fols. 1–27

Script

Unspecified

Scribe

Unspecified

Date

Saec. xi

Place

Unknown

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

The scribe used a thick pen which he held fairly flat; indeed horizontal strokes are very thin indeed and are barely visible in microfiche. The scribe wrote with quite a lot of pen-lift, particularly for a casual scribble, and his writing is fairly neat, although the base-line and cue-height are not especially level. Ascenders are quite short and have very small wedges, and descenders taper markedly. The tops of minims and descenders have very small wedges, usually with thin strokes extending a little to the left, and the bottoms of minims lack feet. Single-compartment a was used for æ, the lower curve of which reaches back up above the base-line before meeting the back of the e-component. The hooks of both æ and e are very rounded, and the tongues thin, straight, and either horizontal or slightly rising. Round c and e were both used, the hook of c sometimes turning down. The tongue and hook of f are about the same length and both hook down at the tip. The shoulder of r is somewhat rounded but the down-stroke is quite vertical. Low s was used.