A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 700-1100

by Professor Donald Scragg and Donald Scragg

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843846179
• ISBN13: 9781843846178
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.8" x 8.4"