Scribe: Wulfstan

Date and Place

Date
1002–1023
Scriptorium
Worcester or York

a, Caroline


a, Caroline


a, Insular

  • bowl
    • teardrop-shaped

A, Rustic


æ, Caroline


æ, Caroline


æ, Insular

  • bowl
    • teardrop-shaped
  • eye
    • high
  • tongue
    • angled
    • horizontal
    • long

B, Rustic


b


c

  • hook
    • short
  • lower curve
    • round

d, Insular

  • bowl
    • round
  • stem
    • 45°
    • backward-reaching
    • bilinear
    • long
    • straight
    • vertical tip

e

  • eye
    • angled
  • lower curve
    • horned
    • round
  • tongue
    • angled
    • horizontal
    • long
    • turned up

f, Insular

  • hook
    • angled
    • short
  • tongue
    • long
    • on left
    • rising
    • short

g, Insular

  • body (g)
    • angular
    • hangs from middle
  • tail (g)
    • angular
    • on right
    • open
    • round
    • tip horizontal
  • top stroke
    • convex
    • flat-shaped

h, Caroline


h, Insular

  • arch
    • angled
    • downstroke rounded
    • downstroke vertical

i


l


M, Rustic


m

  • arch
    • angled
    • downstroke rounded
    • downstroke vertical

n

  • arch
    • angled
    • downstroke rounded
    • downstroke vertical

o


p


r, Caroline


r, Insular

  • arch
    • angled
    • deeply split

s, Caroline


s, Long


s, Long


s, Low

  • hook
    • short

s, Round


s, Tall

  • downstroke
    • on baseline

t


thorn


eth

  • cross stroke (eth)
    • hooked down
    • not through
  • stem
    • concave up
    • long
    • vertical tip

u


wynn


x

  • lower left branch (x)
    • long

y, Straight

  • dot (y)
    • absent
    • present

y, Straight


7

  • downstroke (7)
    • curved
    • vertical
  • top stroke
    • above minim-height
    • convex
    • flat-shaped
    • left hooked up
    • rising

., punctus


./, punctus elevatus


;, punctus versus


thæt


abbrev. stroke


ligature