Scribal Profile Unknown | |
Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce d.4 |
Folios: | Single leaf |
Sampled Folios: | 1v |
Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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A | |||
Usage: Was the scribe uses both single and double compartment 'a'. | Usage: table the top of 'a' is sometimes above the level of neighbouring letters. | ||
Usage: sawse occasionally the scribe uses single compartment 'a'. | Usage: And upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line. | ||
D | |||
Usage: delite looped 'd' is used. The lower lobe is quite angular. | Usage: chaunged 'd' in final position with tag. | ||
Usage: dyer as the name of a tradesman, this may be the scribe's upper case letter. | |||
G | |||
Usage: grete double compartment 'g' is used. The lower compartment is larger than the upper. | Usage: longe a different formation for this 'g' with a single curving angled stroke at the right which turns back and returns to the body of the graph to form the lower loop. | ||
Usage: heng 'g' in final position with tag. | Usage: girdell | ||
H | |||
Usage: housholder a triangular head-stroke for 'h'. | Usage: nowher the tail curves clockwise then loops back on itself and crosses the limb. | ||
Usage: p(ar)trich an example of crossed 'h' with tail-stroke turning counter-clockwise. | Usage: His upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. An open head for this graph with circular loop to the left of the stem in the left margin. | ||
R | |||
Usage: drynke both long 'r' and modern 'r' are used. There is barely any fork at all and it occurs near the head of the graph. | Usage: countour modern 'r' in final position with flourish. | ||
Usage: yere 'z'-shaped 'r' with long otiose stroke below. | Usage: verrey | ||
S | |||
Usage: Epicures sigma 's' is always used in final position and occasionally in initial position. | Usage: sesons long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. | ||
Usage: So | Usage: Sessions | ||
W | |||
Usage: was the scribe has a variety of 'w's. In this example, the head is looped and there is a 'B'-shaped element to the right. | Usage: was a more current version of 'w' with extended left limb, short approach stroke and single lobe to the right. | ||
Usage: Well upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line. | Usage: Was another, but different version of upper case 'W'. | ||
Y | |||
Usage: alway the tail of 'y' varies in length and curvature. | Usage: mylke | ||
Usage: yere | |||
Abbreviative marks | |||
Usage: noon macron with dot beneath. | Usage: oon | ||
Usage: been | |||
Upper Case Letters | |||
Usage: Of many of the scribe's upper case graphs are bisected by vertical lines. | Usage: Theire | ||
Usage: Cuntre | Usage: Poynanaunt upper case 'P' with the top of 'H' from the line below. |