Scribal Profile Hammond Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 8. London, British Library MS Harley 4999 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 4999 |
| Identification: | Statutes |
| Sampled Folios: | 12v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and the Hammond scribe's single compartment 'a'. |  | Usage: Realme |
 | Usage: And upper case 'A' to begin a sentence preceded by a red paraph. |  | Usage: Anno an alternative upper case 'A' in the running title. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: desiryng looped 'd' is used as the preferred graph, with squarish lower lobe. |  | Usage: hold 'd' in final position with vertical tag descending from the extended loop. |
 | Usage: lord unlooped 'd' in the display script of the scribe for the first two words of the sentence 'Our lord'. |  | Usage: Denizyn the scribe's upper case 'D'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: thynges double compartment 'g' with larger, somewhat oval, lower compartment |  | Usage: kyng 'g' in final position with tag. |
 | Usage: Burgh 'h' is crossed in the combination 'gh'. | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: that the limb is straight and in this example ends on the line. |  | Usage: flessh crossed 'h' in the combinations 'gh', 'sh', 'th'. |
 | Usage: he the scribe's 'h' is similarly formed throughout. Here, at the beginning of a line, the loop at the head is slightly larger than usual. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: marchaunt 'z'-shaped 'r' used throughout in medial and final positions. |  | Usage: Rather where 'r' is used in initial position, the scribe uses this version of upper case 'r'. |
 | Usage: Our modern 'r' used in the scribe's display script in the words 'Our lord'. |  | Usage: lord as in version 3, this is the scribe's formal version of 'z'-shaped 'r'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: Citees kidney-shaped 's' used in final positions. |  | Usage: saide sigma 's' used in initial positions. |
 | Usage: somoned long 's' is used almost exclusively in medial position on the folios examined. Here, however, it is used initially. |  | Usage: opressioun the scribe's double 's'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wynes 'w' used in initial position. |  | Usage: triewe 'w' used in the middle of a word, still with an extended left limb. |
 | Usage: Towne | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: kyng the length and curvature on the tail of 'y' varies. |  | Usage: they 'y' is formed in practically the same way whatever its position. |
 | Usage: yielde 'y' in initial position. | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Citee |  | Usage: Burgh |
 | Usage: Towne |  | Usage: Port |
| s and p | |||
 | Usage: counseil the head-stroke extends over several letters. |  | Usage: whosumever |
 | Usage: pleasith the descender from the body of this graph is at an angle. |  | Usage: vpon |