Hand: Two Glosses (sema, 64r; swæpð, 98v), Bodleian Auctarium F.3.6 (2666)

Name

Two Glosses (sema, 64r; swæpð, 98v)

Manuscript

Bodleian Auctarium F.3.6 (2666)

Script

Unspecified

Scribe

Unspecified

Date

Saec. xi

Place

Unknown (Exeter by s. xi3/4)

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

These two glosses were written with a very thin pen. The first gloss was written fairly quickly and is somewhat angular, and the second is more rounded and better formed. Essentially teardrop-shaped a and æ are found, as is round e with a straight tongue. Tall s was used and stands on the base-line. The shoulders of the m are somewhat angular and the letter has a thin approach-stroke. The descender of n has a wedge. The back of ð is fairly long, fairly steep, and vertical at the tip, and the through-stroke is hooked down.