Linguistics

Part 1 . Identify the script & describe some unique characteristics of the scribal hand, the page layout (ordinatio), and the physical features of the pages (what Treharne calls the “plenitext”)

  1. Transcribe the text as exactly as possible, keeping all arcane letterforms intact
  2. Modernize the text, changing only the obsolete letterforms & abbreviations, and adding punctuation to help with syntax & meaning
  3. Translate the text into modern English

Sample Solution