Scribal Profile Unknown | |
Current Manuscript: | England, Clitheroe, Lancashire, Stonyhurst College Library MS B. XXIII |
Folios: | 1-63 |
Sampled Folios: | 34r, 45r |
Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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A | |||
Usage: dame both double and single compartment 'a' used by this scribe. | Usage: haue | ||
Usage: Amen upper case 'A' tipped with red ink. | |||
D | |||
Usage: god looped 'd' with rounded lower lobe. | Usage: deying 'd' with angular lower lobe. | ||
Usage: Dame this may be the scribe's upper case 'D' since other words in rubric on the same folio begin with upper case letters. | |||
G | |||
Usage: gyltes double compartment anglicana 'g'. | Usage: deying final 'g' with tag. | ||
Usage: dought(er) the scribe's letters sit on the line. | |||
H | |||
Usage: haue sharply angled head-stroke. Tail-stroke neatly tucked away. | Usage: Ihus | ||
Usage: His upper case 'H' with looped extension to the left of the stem and foot beneath. | |||
R | |||
Usage: wreched the scribe uses both long and modern 'r'. The fork occurs at the level of surrounding graphs. | Usage: our long 'r' in final position with flourish probably for a missing final 'e'. | ||
Usage: bryng 'z'-shaped 'r' follows round-bodied graphs. | Usage: sondry the scribe also uses modern short 'r'. | ||
S | |||
Usage: aȝens sigma 's' is used both initially and finally. Here in final position the horizontal head-stroke extends into the right margin, not an infrequent occurrence. | Usage: þ(i)s the scribe frequently uses superscript 's' as abbreviation for 'is'. | ||
Usage: Sapience upper case 'S' with parallel line decoration. | |||
W | |||
Usage: wreched the pyramid-shaped 'w' is distinctive with an extra fine line within the left lobe of the letter, remnants of the looped lead-in stroke. There is little variation in 'w'. | Usage: wt | ||
Usage: wepe | |||
Y | |||
Usage: hym the left branch of the letter is vertical, the tail-stroke turns sharply counter-clockwise and retraces the original descending stroke. | Usage: gyltes the tail of 'y' usually ascends to make connection with the following graph. | ||