Scribal Profile Hand 1 | |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 140 |
| Folios: | 63r-83r |
| Sampled Folios: | 68r, 73v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: atte squarish horned single compartment 'a'. |  | Usage: And a squarish lobe to this upper case 'A'. |
 | Usage: A |  | Usage: As looping approach stroke to upper case letter. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: syde looped and unlooped 'd' are both in the scribe's repertoire . The lobe of 'd' often appears triangular. |  | Usage: oold 'd' in final position with descending tag as a continuation of the upper loop. |
 | Usage: Discrete |  | Usage: Wedde the scribe also uses the unlooped secretary graph for this letter. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: liges tailed 'g' with counter-clockwise flick of the tail. |  | Usage: thyng(es) the cross-stroke at the head of 'g' continues horizontally before the scribe adds the abbreviative sign for the plural. |
 | Usage: thought |  | Usage: Glad upper case 'G' with horned head. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: behold a neatly contained 'h' graph. |  | Usage: thurgh 'gh' combination with crossed 'h'. |
 | Usage: He upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: There 'h' on the top line with looping descender curling around the main stem. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ffaders modern 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: right 'z'-shaped 'r' in initial position. |
 | Usage: Wer 'r' graph overshadowed by the elaborate rising flourish which probably represents a missing final 'e'. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: ffaders kidney-shaped 's' always used as final 's' on the sample folios. |  | Usage: said long 's' used initially and medially. The stem of the graph is thick in the middle and tapers at head and foot. |
 | Usage: She |  | Usage: Shewe upper case graph at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: towr the left limb is taller than the remainder of the graph. |  | Usage: whilom the graph may appear with or without an approach stroke. |
 | Usage: was nearly all 'w's on f73v are of this looped anglicana type, whereas the graph seen in versions 1 and 2 were most represented on f68. Both styles are used as upper case letters also. |  | Usage: in worde |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: byfore the left limb is usually set at an angle which is paralleled by the right. |  | Usage: yore |
 | Usage: louyd | ||