Scribal Profile Devonshire scribe, TCC R.3.3 scribe or slanted hooked 'g' scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 3. Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 223 |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 223 |
| Folios: | 1-270 |
| Sampled Folios: | 69v, 142r, 208v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: was single compartment 'a' used as the lower case graph throughout. |  | Usage: all frequently visible where 'a' is the first letter of a word is the short turn of the nib to begin which forms a lip on the left side. |
Usage: A |  | Usage: And a more elaborate form of upper case 'A'. | |
| D | |||
 | Usage: and unlooped 'd' with angular body and arching descending stroke. |  | Usage: and looped 'd' may also be found in equal numbers. Here in final position with long tag to finish. |
 | Usage: Do | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: algates curved stroke attached to the end of the tail. Horned head to the lobe. |  | Usage: thing 'g' in final position with vertical descending stroke to finish. |
 | Usage: besought |  | Usage: God |
| H | |||
 | Usage: her always neatly executed and contained. |  | Usage: kneleth 'th' combination with the loop resting on the shoulder. |
 | Usage: Here upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: Bathe rubricated letter 'h' in explicit. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: erthe modern 'r' used in all positions. |  | Usage: hir 'r' in final position with otiose stroke. |
 | Usage: maner 'z'-shaped 'r' used as much as modern 'r' and in all positions. The otiose stroke from the lower left point of the graph sweeps down in a curve beneath the letter. |  | Usage: worthi 'r' in the scribe's display script. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: was a rather strange shaped final 's' with flat head and otiose stroke to finish. |  | Usage: algates a more conventional kidney-shaped 's' in final position. |
 | Usage: She upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: sey the scribe's long 's' is consistently formed, usually the same length, mainly with the same thickness of stem and always presented at the same angle. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: woo there are often angled feet on the 'w' graph. |  | Usage: womman a wide curving approach stroke to 'w' in initial position. |
 | Usage: Wif from the rubricated explicit to the Wife of Bath's Tale. |  | Usage: which a plainer current version of 'w' without feet and extended left arm which is more usual in the body of the text. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: twynne serpentine tail on 'y' which turns first counter-clockwise, then back on itself. |  | Usage: ynne 'y' is often dotted. |
 | Usage: synnes |  | Usage: lady on some folios, the tail of 'y' turns counter-clockwise almost at right angles beneath the graph. |
| Upper Case I | |||
 | Usage: In upper case 'I' is a distinctive feature of this hand. |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: Iob | ||
| Yogh | |||
 | Usage: riȝt yogh used to represent the 'gh' element. |  | Usage: kniȝt |
 | Usage: parfiȝt |  | Usage: nouȝt |