Scribal Profile Hammond Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 14. London, Royal College of Physicians MS 388 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, Royal College of Physicians MS 388 |
| Folios: | 1-358 |
| Sampled Folios: | 1r, 65v, 78r, 109v, 245r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: was single compartment 'a' used by the Hammond scribe. |  | Usage: Aprill |
 | Usage: And the scribe's upper case 'A'. | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: drought the scribe uses looped 'd' with a small lower lobe and taller loop. |  | Usage: wend 'd' in final position is tagged. |
 | Usage: Degrees upper case 'D' tipped with red. |  | Usage: bedde |
| G | |||
 | Usage: drought anglicana 'g' with lower compartment which is much larger than the upper compartment. |  | Usage: high |
 | Usage: God the scribe's upper case 'G' tipped with red. |  | Usage: passyng 'g' with tag as the final letter of the word. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: his 'h' with looped head and a straight limb. |  | Usage: host the scribe usually loops the tail back to connect with the following letter. |
 | Usage: How upper case letter. |  | Usage: Here a more elaborate 'H' for the opening of the explicit to the Cook's Tale. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: I ronne long 'r' is used only infrequently. |  | Usage: theyr 'z'-shaped 'r' is used in every position. |
 | Usage: Ride the word is within a line so it is perhaps unusual for the scribe to use an upper case letter. The stem is set at an angle. |  | Usage: array |
| S | |||
 | Usage: pilgrymes sigma 's' is used both in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: this kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: sowke the head of the scribe's long 's' usually extends over a couple of letters. Here on the top line, it extends way into the margin. |  | Usage: Southwerk |
| W | |||
 | Usage: with a 'double-v' version of 'w'. The left limb stands taller than the second part of the graph. |  | Usage: were there is quite often an approach stroke to the left limb. |
 | Usage: Wiltow upper case 'W' which is basically the same as the lower case one. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: agayn |  | Usage: drye |
 | Usage: Ye upper case 'Y' at the beginning of a line which is basically the same graph as the lower case letter. | ||
| p | |||
 | Usage: wipe 'p' is always executed with the descender at an angle. |  | Usage: speede the descender of 'p' is long and slender. |
 | Usage: That Phebus although with a more elaborate body, the descender of upper case 'P' is the same long, fine stroke used in the lower case graph. |  | Usage: shoppe |