Scribal Profile Lyty? | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 638 (see facsimile with intro by P. Robinson) |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 638 |
| Folios: | 1-219 |
| Sampled Folios: | 65r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: nas all 'a's are double compartment. |  | Usage: honourable |
 | Usage: And many of the scribe's upper case graphs are dotted. |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: don the scribe uses looped 'd' with square or round bowl. |  | Usage: dere |
 | Usage: bade |  | Usage: Repeyred final 'd' with tag. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gon tailed 'g' used throughout with tail turning clockwise, rising in a curve and finally turning counter-clockwise at the end. |  | Usage: Iustynge hairline providing the head-stroke to this graph. |
 | Usage: gold |  | Usage: A gayne |
| H | |||
 | Usage: his 'h' with looped head-stroke leans forward slightly. |  | Usage: hit |
 | Usage: what the tail-stroke always flicks counter-clockwise to finish. |  | Usage: Booth crossed 'h' following 't' in final position. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reste the scribe appears to use 'z'-shaped 'r' exclusively in all positions. |  | Usage: Ther 'r' in final position. |
 | Usage: Courser 'z'-shaped 'r' used in medial position. |  | Usage: Rubes upper case letter. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sothly long 's' with thick stem. |  | Usage: his always used in final position. |
 | Usage: stones last letter in line with flourish and dot. |  | Usage: Som upper case initial at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: was the scribe's 'w's have closed loops at the head and a single lobe to the right. |  | Usage: well |
 | Usage: wild the left arm is sometimes shorter than the second part of the letter. |  | Usage: With 'w' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. All the scribe's 'w's are very similar. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Iustynge many of the scribe's 'y's are dotted. |  | Usage: esy the tail of 'y' sometimes extends back beneath previous letters and, as here, causes confusion with the stem of 's'. |
 | Usage: ryngys the second 'y' in this word with a shorter tail stroke. |  | Usage: reportyd |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: To 'T's and 'A's are frequently dotted. |  | Usage: Booth |
 | Usage: Eneas |  | Usage: Ne |
| More Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Palfrey |  | Usage: Iustynge |
 | Usage: Courser |  | Usage: Vn to |