Hand: Main Hand, BL Royal 15.B.xxii
- Name
- Main Hand
- Manuscript
- BL Royal 15.B.xxii
- Script
- Unspecified
- Scribe
- Unspecified
- Date
- Saec. xi2 or xi3/4
- Place
- Unknown
Main text - English Manuscripts 1060-1220 Project
Scribe: Ker 269
Script: English Vernacular Minuscule
Date: s. xi2
Description: Insular minuscule for English and Caroline for Latin are employed by the scribe, alternating scripts according to the language of the text which is copied. This is a small rounded hand, well proportioned and with regular characteristics, which shares some similarities with Faustina A. x (fols 3-101), perhaps through training.
Summary of the characteristics of the hand
s: the high, long form has a pronounced, curved, hook-like top.
Examples from DigiPal:
The serifs on minims are prominent.
Examples from DigiPal:
ascenders: wedged in d, l and b; pointy, and slightly curving to the left in ð and upright and tapered in d.
Examples from DigiPal:
descenders: prominent with well-defined feet and small serifs.
Source: http://www.le.ac.uk/english/em1060to1220/mss/EM.BL.Roya.15.B.xxii.htm#EM.SC.0216 (accessed 24/04/15)
Main Hand
Allographs List
a, Caroline
a, Insular
b
d, Caroline
d, Insular
g, Caroline
g, Insular
i
l
m
n
s, Tall
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