Scribal Profile Hand D | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 7333 |
| Identification: | Linne Mooney's Hand D |
| Folios: | 65v-72v, 74-119v, 134v-148 (CT), 165-196v, 205-211(Hoccleve) |
| Sampled Folios: | 66r, 70r, 132v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: spake the scribe's practice appears to be to use single compartment 'a' where it occurs within a word. |  | Usage: amountith double compartment 'a' is used for the indefinite article and where 'a' begins a word, as here. This word occurs within a line so one could assume that the scribe did not distinguish between upper and lower case. |
 | Usage: As this word occurs at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: al again the word occurs within a line but the 'a' is the same as the form also used in upper case situations. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: stede the scribe uses both looped and unlooped 'd'. |  | Usage: And 'd' with descending tag occurs frequently in final position in this configuration. |
 | Usage: dothe as with 'A' this must be the scribe's upper case 'D' but the word does not occur at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: endure on other folios, the scribe alternates the 'd' in version 1 with the unlooped 'd' shown here. However, he is copying a different text so there may have been a time delay. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: glasse the scribe's typical lower case tailed 'g'. It usually appears set at a slight tilt backwards as here. |  | Usage: menyng 'g' in final position with extended horizontal slash which begins as the cross-stroke across the head. |
 | Usage: Grete | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: this the scribe has many variations in his graph for 'h'. The limb is usually long and straight. The head-stroke forms a sharp triangle from the stem and crosses the top of the shoulder |  | Usage: shall this 'sh' combination is particularly identifiable with the loop of 'h' a continuation from the head-stroke of 's'. |
 | Usage: here an arching curve made by the single arc for stem and head-stoke. |  | Usage: Hathe upper case letter at the beginning of a line. There is a distinct foot at the lower end of the shaft. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: myrrowr three examples of the scribe's long 'r'. Final 'r' with flourish frequently forks way below the line at the bottom of the letter. |  | Usage: lordes modern 'r' is also used by the scribe. |
 | Usage: herte 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o' and 'e'. |  | Usage: Remevid the scribe's upper case 'R'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: fals square-shaped sigma 's' with horizontal extension is mainly used in final position. |  | Usage: same long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. Sometimes, as here, the shaft of the letter is split. |
 | Usage: Swerde this word is not the first word in a line, but as with the letters 'A' and 'D', the scribe uses a type of upper case 'S' seemingly at random. |  | Usage: glasse where two long 's's occur together the shafts of the letters frequently splay out at the bottom. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wisly both this version and version 2 are used interchangeably. |  | Usage: worde |
 | Usage: What 'W' at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: Wt |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: hangynge although not demonstrated here, 'y' is occasionally dotted. |  | Usage: ffeyrye the tail of 'y' often curves up to join the next letter. |
 | Usage: Yf 'Y' in initial position in the line. The curl at the end of the tail is actually the loop of 'H' from the line below. |  | Usage: my lady |
| Macron | |||
 | Usage: vppo(n) the scribe's mark for a macron for the missing 'n'. |  | Usage: wou(n)de again a curved stroke with dot beneath for the missing 'n'. |
 | Usage: co(n)ferm | ||
| s2 | |||
 | Usage: Observaunce the top of long 's' often extends across neighbouring letters, sometimes horizontally. |  | Usage: speche a very thick stem for this graph. |
 | Usage: p(ro)verbes round 's' at the end of a word also sometimes extends above other letters in the next word or out into the margin. |  | Usage: venus ne |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þt |  | Usage: Þer the looped approach stroke and the position of the lobe a third of the way down the stem is reminiscent of upper case 'R'. |
 | Usage: Þ(er)e the 'er' abbreviation. |  | Usage: broþe(re) |