ABSTRACT
In comparison to the numbers of extant Latin manuscripts copied in England in the twelfth century, there is relatively little English material. There are many developmental aspects of the script that can be traced within these respective extant materials and used to supply a firmer dating and assignation of place of origin when required; and each whole or fragmentary manuscript copied and produced in this period is worthy of sustained and serious scholarly attention in its own right. Vernacular material in the post-Conquest period can also be compared in relation to dated Latin manuscripts of the twelfth century, the origins of which are identified. Despite the relatively large number of scriptoria and copyists producing Latin manuscripts in the same period, it is notable that some scribes appear to have contributed to the copying of a number of extant Latin books.
