Scribal Profile Thomas Hoccleve; Hand E | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.2. (581) |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.2. (581) |
| Folios: | 82ra-84ra |
| Sampled Folios: | 83v |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: nathelees all lower case 'a's are of the single compartment secretary type. |  | Usage: appil the graph is square-shaped. Hairlines connect both strokes at top and bottom. |
 | Usage: And a typical Hoccleve upper case 'A'. |  | Usage: As |
| D | |||
 | Usage: seid looped 'd' is used throughout. |  | Usage: honde sometimes the loop of 'd' arches back over the preceding letter. |
 | Usage: Goddesses |  | Usage: me doun |
| G | |||
 | Usage: greeuen secretary 'g' with tail stroke which rejoins the body of the graph. |  | Usage: goddes the tail-stroke follows round clockwise and joins the body of the graph at the head. |
 | Usage: go 'g' with tail which first turns clockwise then curls back in reverse to finish. |  | Usage: Goddesses upper case 'G' with hook to end the head-stroke. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: shal the typical form of 'h'. Doyle and Parkes note as an individual trait, that 'the stem, shoulder and limb' of 'h' frequently 'drop below the level of other letters'. |  | Usage: with the tail-stroke is lengthened and turns counter-clockwise to finish. |
 | Usage: How upper case letter with distinct foot on the stem. |  | Usage: hond a detached head-stroke on this graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: your long 'r' used in every position, but alternating with modern 'r'. |  | Usage: more some of the scribe's 'z'-shaped 'r's have a curled tag descending from the left side of the lower stroke. Used mainly after 'o'. |
 | Usage: greeuen modern 'r' used in every position. |  | Usage: werre |
| S | |||
 | Usage: ones kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. |  | Usage: Cassandra long 's' used initially and medially. It is sometimes possible to see a tiny tag to the left of the shaft and a small protruding horn at the head of the letter. |
 | Usage: Shul |  | Usage: she occasionally the shaft of 's' is split. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whyles 'w' with angled feet. |  | Usage: What upper case 'W' is formed in exactly the same way. |
 | Usage: knowe the very idiosyncratic circular Hoccleve 'w', more common in the late 14th century. |  | Usage: was |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: y a typical Hoccleve 'y' with tail rising above the letter, curving round and ending with a slightly thicker curved stroke to form the dot of 'y'. |  | Usage: they |
 | Usage: Y 'Y' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: myn |