Scribal Profile Hand 1 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 1239 |
| Folios: | 1-15 |
| Sampled Folios: | 9r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: what regular single compartment lower case 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: And the scribe uses three different forms of upper case 'A' on this folio. |
 | Usage: And the lower compartment of 'A' is usually connected back to the stem with hairline strokes. |  | Usage: As |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dere the scribe's hand is very even thus there is almost no variation at all in this letter. Looped 'd' used throughout. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: gode tailed 'g' is used throughout. |  | Usage: strenghe the scribe uses a 'gh' combination omitting the 't'. |
 | Usage: bryng |  | Usage: Gif upper case 'G'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: schal the basic form of 'h'. The counter-clockwise turn of the tail varies in length. |  | Usage: How upper case 'H' as the first letter of a line. All the scribe's initial letters are quite elaborate. |
 | Usage: Than the second letter following the red ink capital which begins the verse. All other initial letters of stanzas are followed by a second upper case letter so this is probably the scribe's more usual upper case 'H'. |  | Usage: for the loue on the top line of verse and one of the two decorated 'h's there. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: dere long 'r' used as well as 'z'-shaped 'r'. |  | Usage: matere 'z'-shaped 'r' used in all positions including final position, as well as long 'r'. |
 | Usage: myrrour double 'rr' using both graphs. |  | Usage: maner long 'r' with flourish in final position. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: this sigma 's' always used as final letter. |  | Usage: gesse long 's' used initially and medially. |
 | Usage: Sche upper case 'S'. |  | Usage: Som tyme elaborate upper case 'S' as the first letter of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: worde lower case 'w'. The two limbs lean to the left. |  | Usage: alwey the left limb angles left at the head whilst the middle arm turns to the right. |
 | Usage: With upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: What another example of upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line. The left limb has a knid of wing attached to its lower side. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: seyde the tail of 'y' varies from stanza to stanza from short to very long. |  | Usage: euery |
 | Usage: myrrour | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Lat |  | Usage: Take |
 | Usage: Ȝit |  | Usage: Katche |
| Yogh | |||
 | Usage: ȝow yogh used as representative of 'y'. |  | Usage: ȝe |
 | Usage: Ȝit | ||
| I | |||
 | Usage: I almost always short and totally undistinguished as a single tapering line. |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: If only where 'I' begins a line of verse is it in any way different from the examples in versions 1 and 2. | ||