Hand: Scribble 2 (Ælfmær pattafox þu wilt swing ælfric cild, 4v), BL Harley 55, fols. 1–4

Name

Scribble 2 (Ælfmær pattafox þu wilt swing ælfric cild, 4v)

Manuscript

BL Harley 55, fols. 1–4

Script

Unspecified

Scribe

Unspecified

Date

Saec. xi

Place

Unknown (Worces or York?)

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

This was written in a round, forward-leaning script with a relatively thick pen but with little ink. Caroline a was used, but the single-compartment form is found in æ with an angular top and a low and rounded hook. Round c was used, and the back of d is straight, moderately long, and angled at about 45°. The tongue of f is short and straight, and the hook branches from about mid-height. The top of g is not clearly visible even in the manuscript, but the mid-section is rounded, and the tail open but vertically compressed. The shoulders of m, n, and r all consist of thin rising strokes which turn smoothly into thick vertical down-strokes. Only low s was used, but the round hook rises above cue-height. There is only one occurrence of þ in the text, and no scope for ð.