Nearly every word is abbreviated in some manner. It seems that MS 8 was written in a later, even more rapid form of Humanistic Cursive Book Script. MS 8 was written by one scribe. The ink varies from light brown to dark brown. Ligatures of s - t are common throughout.
Joined letters are frequent throughout.
Fusion of letters is rare. The Humanistic feature of the two-compartment g is common throughout. These Semigothic Cursive letter-forms were often favored in Humanistic Cursive Book Script. As noted above, MS 8 contains writing on two back flyleaves and the inner binding. The vertical lines present in many of the initials corroborate an Italian provenance.