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)