Scribal Profile Hand C | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 27944 |
| Folios: | 152ra-196rb (line 6) |
| Sampled Folios: | 152r, 196r(column 'a' and 'b' up to line 9) |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: watir the scribe uses both double and single compartment 'a'. |  | Usage: and |
 | Usage: Also one of the more conventional forms of the upper case letter. |  | Usage: Also |
| D | |||
 | Usage: and the loop of 'd' is slightly in advance of the lobe of the graph giving a forward impetus. |  | Usage: and 'd' with open centre again reminiscent of Scribe D. |
 | Usage: Isid |  | Usage: de from the incipit at the head of the folio in rubric. Although very similar in style to the rubrics put in by Scribe D, I believe this to be by Hand C. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: thinges the scribe copies the text quite a way above the line. This means that the whole of the 'g' graph is almost always well above the line also. |  | Usage: fedyng where 'g' is in final position it nearly always has an added tag. |
 | Usage: noght |  | Usage: egge 'g's which are almost 8-shaped. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: bright very even formation of this graph. |  | Usage: heuen sometimes 'h' has an angular protuberance on the left of the foot of the vertical. |
 | Usage: taketh on very rare occasions the tail-stroke flicks back on itself. This word is the last word of the line with 'h' the final graph. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: watir modern 'r' used in all positions. |  | Usage: vapores 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o'. |
 | Usage: poudr(e) 'e' added as flourish because the word occurs at the end of the line, and like the other scribes, Hand C is conscious to preserve the integrity of the margins. |  | Usage: Ric(ard)us) |
| S | |||
 | Usage: effectes 8-shaped 's' always used in final position. |  | Usage: subtil sigma 's' frequently used in initial position as well as long 's'. |
 | Usage: vessel long 's' is used in inital and medial positions. The formation is very similar to the long 's' used by Scribe D. The stem is short and finishes above the line, only just below the bottom level of the other graphs. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: now 'w' nearly always has closed head-loops. |  | Usage: owne |
 | Usage: Watir this is perhaps the scribe's upper case graph since it is a little more elaborate, begins a new phrase preceded by a paraph, and is tipped with yellow wash. |  | Usage: new-eth the word is carried over two lines and the mark to the right of the graph is the scribe's hyphen. 'w' is the last graph of the line and rather narrower as a consequence as the scribe justifies his margins. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: moysture the scribe rarely omits to dot the 'y'. |  | Usage: myȝt occasionally the scribe uses a curved stroke above 'y' instead of a dot. This is exactly the same practice as Scribe D who usually uses the curved stroke above 'i' but occasionally uses it above 'y' instead. |
 | Usage: y smered sometimes 'y' has no curve back at the end of the tail. Here the end of the tail of the graph sits on the line | ||
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: beeþ thorn is always used for the 3rd person singular ending of present tense verbs. |  | Usage: neþir thorn is used elsewhere in demonstrative adjectives and adverbs but is not ubiquitous for 'th'. |
 | Usage: nouȝt a yogh which is very similar in formation to that of Scribe D. |  | Usage: ȝaueth |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: Other |
 | Usage: Thise |  | Usage: In |