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(p. 348) In Anc. Ch. III, 3 Line.1 : q; (que); Z.3: [n with bar above] (non); L.5: ē (est);
L.7: quā; L.7 ; L.14: spū (spiritu); L.14: co (con) L.15: b; L.15: ; L.16: flam[bar
above m]is; L.16: do dnoque ihu xpo; L.19: quorū; L.20: scē; L.20: semq;. In the
witness-list the following were used, depending on available space: epsc; abb; m
(minister); c (consensi); s and sbs (subscipsi).
This small number of abbreviations in relation to the length of the charter is further
reduced by Ae. A in Anc. Ch. III, 5; for there we have only the one abbreviation
which also occurs in in Anc. Ch. III, 3: do dnoque ihu xpo; as well as a new one:
ecle. 56 .
Scribe Aethelstan C (Ae. C)
Charters: Anc. Ch. III, 9 &10, and Anglo-Saxon Mss III, 25.
This hand writes the handsome, large flowing script of the school of writing of the
40s. It is meticulous, almost pedantic. Each individual letter is well formed, and with
absolute precision. All letters are drawn with the same stress with little indication as
to the width of the individual hair strokes, but they appear delicately drawn, despite
the individual letters being relatively thick. The width is emphasised on the horizontal
strokes. The axis of the script is vertical. There is no fluency, no flow in this script. At
the same time Ae. C paid attention to appropriate spacing between the letters and
lines, in order to avoid any confusion between ascenders and descenders. The script
appears soft and calm.
We possess the first originals of Ae. C, which formed the definitive external form of
the charter from then on. The writing flows lengthwise along the page (“landscape”).
Ae. C has left a border around the text, which is written with such regularity that it
has a rectangular appearance. However, a space remains between the actual context
and the boundary clause, between this and the Anglo-Saxon boundary clause. The
dating clause appears on its own line, the acta line. The witnesses are listed under the
dating clause in clearly defined columns. The letters appear on feint lines. At the
beginning of the line a feint vertical line is visible, to the left of which two further
vertical lines are drawn, between which the crosses of the witnesses are marked.
The individual letters have a basic form which we recognise from the charters of Ae.
A. However, the descenders curve slightly to the left at the top and bottom.
Majuscules appear here for the first time.
56 In both originals we find yet other hands. – Anc. Ch. III, 3: The last two names are by a
contemporary, yet inexperienced hand. Anc. Ch. III, 5: Line 1 here from “stanus” to “subiacens”
inclusive was interpolated by another hand (see publisher’s note, also on printed text of facsimile).
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