Hand: C: Bath relic list (p. 7; Ker article 7), CCCC 111, pp. 7, 8, 55 and 56
- Name
- C: Bath relic list (p. 7; Ker article 7)
- Manuscript
- CCCC 111, pp. 7, 8, 55 and 56
- Script
- Unspecified
- Scribe
- Unspecified
- Date
- Saec. xi2
- Place
- Bath
- Catalogue Number
- Scragg 40
EM Hand: 1 - English Manuscripts 1060-1220 Project
Scribe: Ker 35 Art. 7
Script: English Vernacular Minuscule
Description: Scribe at p. 7, list of relics, Items 1 and 2.
Summary of the characteristics of the hand: An angular hand.
a is drawn like u, with a relatively flat top created by a second stroke.
Horned c.
Distinctive p with a rounded and curled bowl that does not quite close.
This scribe uses high s with an almost curled shoulder and also a low form of the graph.
Abbreviations: The abbreviation for ‘drihten’ is comprised of ‘driht’ with a line through the h. The abbreviation mark is like s on its side.
Punctuation: Punctuation includes low flat hyphens at the line end; and a punctus slightly above the line.
Correcting technique: Correction is by erasure, subpunctus and interlinear correction.
Source: http://www.le.ac.uk/english/em1060to1220/mss/EM.CCCC.111.htm#EM.CCCC.111.SC1 (accessed 01/05/15)