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| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. London, British Library MS Harley 2392 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 2392 |
| Identification: | Style may be the scribe's name |
| Folios: | 1-145 |
| Sampled Folios: | 81r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: cas single compartment 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: man 'a' may or may not have a small horn-like extension at the head. |
 | Usage: a initial letter of a line. The scribe only uses an upper case letter for the first line of a stanza so there are no examples on the folio examined. |  | Usage: Pandare a rounded 'a' and a more horned variety are both used in this word. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: freend 'd' is looped and may appear squashed as in this example or it may have a more pointed lower lobe as in versions 2 and 3. |  | Usage: deere |
 | Usage: deere 'd' as initial letter of 'deere' on top line. The blobs on the loop of the 'd' may be a bleed as a result of a fold in the paper. |  | Usage: hold 'd' in final position. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god tailed secretary 'g' is used throughout. |  | Usage: god the head is horned with horizontal cross-bar and reverse flick on the tail. |
 | Usage: nothyng |  | Usage: glad |
| H | |||
 | Usage: help 'h' is also usually quite squat. It tends to tilt a little to the right. |  | Usage: this 'h' frequently has a very short limb. |
 | Usage: haue 'h' as it appears initially on the top line of verse with extended stem. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: war modern 'r' used in all positions except after 'o' and round-bodied graphs where 'z'-shaped 'r' is used. |  | Usage: brouht 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and some consonants. |
 | Usage: teer 'r' with flourish in final position. |  | Usage: beforn an otiose stroke descending in a curve from the bottom left side of this 'z'-shaped 'r'. On the folio examined, it is the exception rather than the rule. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: is final horned 's' gives the impression of being open at the top where the hairline is almost invisible.. |  | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. |
 | Usage: so the lead-in stroke to the thick stem of long 's'. |  | Usage: mysse 'ss' set at an angle. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: war 'w' in initial position. This more rounded 'w' is usually used when it follows another letter. |  | Usage: werste the cursive 'w' is used more frequently in initial position. |
 | Usage: wrath | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: may the tail of 'y' varies in length but is rarely short. |  | Usage: nothyng |
 | Usage: certeyn | ||
| I | |||
 | Usage: I a closed circular head-loop for upper case 'I'. |  | Usage: I on the top line. |
 | Usage: I upper case 'I' follows the slant of letters such as long 's' and 'f'. | ||
| P | |||
 | Usage: Pandarus the only example of upper case 'P' on this folio, but distinctive in formation. | ||