In considering the value of the writing as a model, it may be noted that its highly finished nature demands practised skill on the part of the copyist, and that though modern Irish writing (for which it would be an excellent model) still employs
these letters would be apt to look peculiar in English. The Kells MS.
however, might be used, and a very beautiful ornamental hand (p. [304]) might be founded on this writing. [p415]