A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 700-1100

Download or read book A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 700-1100 written by Donald Scragg and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive, annotated list of over a thousand Anglo-Saxon scribal hands, linking them to place and manuscript. This book documents the entire corpus of scribal hands writing in the vernacular from the eighth century to post-Conquest. More than a thousand hands are listed, together with details of their work, which ranges from a few words or sentences in marginalia to multiple volumes; glosses and marginalia are included, together with Latin charters containing some English. Overall, it offers a comprehensive view of the scale of literacy in early medieval England, locating the familiar material produced in Alfred's day in a significantly wider context, and providing an invaluable starting point for a variety of manuscript studies.