A Palaeographical Reconsideration of the ‘Hand D’ Corpus

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ID21383167
AuthorsColleen M Curran (corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume132
Issue1
Pages44-100
Publication date2022-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevue Bénédictine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0035-0893 • E-ISSN: 2295-9009
PublisherBrepols Publishers NV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1484/j.rb.5.130614
OpenAlexW4292829176
LanguageEN
References cited20

This article explores those manuscripts with glosses and additions attributed to 'Hand D', a key figure in the history of English Caroline minuscule and often ascribed to St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury. It provides a thorough examination of those additions, corrections, and glosses attributed to Hand D to establish a revised corpus of manuscripts containing Hand D's writing, before providing a comprehensive assessment of the development of this scribe's activity. The evidence presented suggests that the 'Hand D' corpus comprises a single scribe previously trained in the Insular scribal tradition who incorporates Caroline minuscule letterforms over a period of time. This palaeographical assessment yields significant implications for the development of English Caroline minuscule in mid-tenth century England, which raises intriguing questions about the true identity of this intriguing scribe

Aesthetics · Archbishop · Art · Identity (music) · Key (lock) · Literature · Period (music) · Classics · Computer Science · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Medieval Literature and History

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