As noted in the comments, the handwriting itself is noteworthy.
To me, it looks like one of those late medieval scripts. Somewhat
like “batarde” (spelling …?) – I think I once saw a copy of the
“Canterbury Tales” executed in that or similar script. Of
course, as a professor of Old English, Tolkien would have had
knowledge and appreciation of such scripts.
As noted in the comments, the handwriting itself is noteworthy.
To me, it looks like one of those late medieval scripts. Somewhat
like “batarde” (spelling …?) – I think I once saw a copy of the
“Canterbury Tales” executed in that or similar script. Of
course, as a professor of Old English, Tolkien would have had
knowledge and appreciation of such scripts.