Scribal Profile Hand 1 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Sloane 1685 |
| Folios: | 1-46 (line 9) |
| Sampled Folios: | 43v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: al anglicana double compartment 'a'. |  | Usage: Absolon upper case 'A'. |
 | Usage: And upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: Auauntyng 'A' also in initial position in the line. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: And the looped 'd' is very consistently formed with little variation. |  | Usage: qd 'd' after 'quod' abbreviation with the usual tag. |
 | Usage: Dyuerse upper case 'D' with two pairs of double parallel lines within the letter as decoration. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: god double compartment anglicana 'g' used throughout. |  | Usage: p(ro)log 'g' in final position with tag. Note that the 'g' sits on the line and does not extend below. |
 | Usage: Gras upper case 'G' with serrated left side in initial position in the line. Double parallel line decoration as in the 'D' graph. | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: his typical 'h' with tail stroke descending to just below the level of the line. The small angular stroke at the foot of the stem is almost always present when the letter is in initial position. When 'h' is in medial position in a word, the stem of 'h' may be smoother, as in version 2. |  | Usage: the 'h' without the foot. |
 | Usage: He upper case 'H' as the initial letter of a line. |  | Usage: lough crossed 'h' with unusual right flick at the end of the tail-stroke. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: euere modern 'r' and 'z'-shaped 'r' used by this scribe. |  | Usage: ffor 'z'-shaped 'r' used exclusively after 'o'. Otiose stroke from lower left makes contact with the ruled line. |
 | Usage: Reues upper case 'R'. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: is 8-shaped diamond 's' used in final position. |  | Usage: heres occasionally at the end of a line, 's' has a small tag angled upwards. |
 | Usage: asshen long 's' used initially and in medial position. This letter sits on the line and does not extend below it. |  | Usage: So upper case 'S'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: saw the shape of the 'w' graph is most consistent. |  | Usage: We the scribe's upper case 'W'. This is another example of an upper case graph with fine parallel lines and shadow strokes to decorate the letter. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: nyce typical shape of this letter. 'y' is not usually dotted. The tail of 'y' extends just below the line. |  | Usage: bigynneth the tail occasionally extends further to the left. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: This upper case letters frequently have parallel line decoration. |  | Usage: Ialousie here 'I' is shadowed by a parallel line. |
 | Usage: Explicit |  | Usage: But 2-shaped element to begin and parallel lines to decorate 'B'. |
| Yogh | |||
 | Usage: ȝeres |  | Usage: ȝou |
 | Usage: ȝit yogh in initial position in the line showing a 'shadowing' which has entailed the re-inking of the frame line with a second stroke within the letter itself. | ||