larger, bolder, slightly more calligraphic display script

England
15th Century
Recipe Details

Evidence

"with the heading for each recipe copied in a larger, bolder, slightly more calligraphic display script; thoughtfully, plenty of space for annotation has been left around the recipes. There is no colour or fancy decoration"

Remarks

In BL MS Additional 19674, the scribe utilized a 'neat secretary hand' for the main medical text and recipes, but employed a 'larger, bolder' version of the ink or script for the 'display script' headings (p. 209). The author notes that while 'no colour or fancy decoration' was used in this collection, 'care has clearly been taken over the appearance and design' through this hierarchy of script and the deliberate inclusion of 'plenty of space for annotation' around the text (p. 209).

Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Visual inspection
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionEngland
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionBritish Library, MS Additional 19674, ff. 2r–50v
Language
N/A
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