Scribal Profile Unknown | |
Current Manuscript: | USA, New York, NY, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Plimpton 253 |
Folios: | 2 folios only = 1 and 8 of a bifolium |
Sampled Folios: | 1r, 1v, 2r, 2v |
Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
Image Rights: | Reproduced with permission of Columbia University Library. All images on this website are reproduced with permission of the Libraries, Archives, and Owners of the manuscripts. Manuscript images that appear on this website remain in the copyright of the libraries where the manuscripts are held. Use of these images for any purpose other than private study without written permission of those libraries is prohibited by law. |
A | |||
Usage: what secretary 'a' is used throughout the two folios as the lower case letter form with almost no variation. | Usage: And the scribe's upper case 'A' varies little. | ||
Usage: And | |||
D | |||
Usage: disceyne there is almost no variation at all in the scribe's 'd's. There is no example of either 'd' with flourish or the upper case letter form on these four folios. | Usage: world | ||
G | |||
Usage: god 'g' appears set at a slight angle. | Usage: gelousye | ||
Usage: redyng 'g' in final position. As may be seen there is very little variation in this scribe's letter forms. | Usage: Gowe the ink on this folio is very degraded. | ||
H | |||
Usage: suche the head of 'h' is triangular. The limb is generally straight. | Usage: suche | ||
Usage: Haueth | |||
R | |||
Usage: reweth long 'r' only on the folio examined. | Usage: hur long 'r' in final position with flourish perhaps for missing 'e'. | ||
Usage: sore 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o'. | Usage: nerr | ||
S | |||
Usage: douteles kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. | Usage: suche sigma 's' used initially as well as long 's'. | ||
Usage: syr stalk of long 's' is usually fairly short. | Usage: Saue | ||
W | |||
Usage: woleth 'w' with or without approach stroke. | Usage: reweth 'w' in the middle of a word with no approach stroke. | ||
Usage: whom | Usage: With 'W' in upper case position. | ||
Y | |||
Usage: they the tail of 'y' curves back counter-clockwise at a sharp angle. | Usage: a lady | ||
Usage: maystry | |||
Upper Case Letters | |||
Usage: I some of the upper case letters have fine shadow lines. | Usage: Nay 'N' bisected by a pair of parallel lines. | ||
Usage: Vnto | Usage: Iosten | ||
Yogh | |||
Usage: ȝef yogh has a distinctive form with diagonal descending hairline from the middle of the graph. | Usage: ȝe | ||
Usage: Ȝe the first letter of a line. | Usage: whyȝt |