Scribal Profile Equatorie scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 2. Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 657 |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 657 |
| Sampled Folios: | 7r |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: illa the 'a' graph is a double compartment letter with the upper lobe generally smaller than the lower lobe. |  | Usage: apparebit |
 | Usage: Angul(us) upper case letter tipped with red ink. |  | Usage: a(n)gulo there are many abbreviative marks on every folio. Here, the omission of 'n' requires a macron abbreviation. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: ad |  | Usage: eode(m) occasionally the inside of 'd' is open with the upper loop unfinished. |
 | Usage: dista(n)cia the lower lobe of 'd' is oval in this example. |  | Usage: Dico upper case 'D'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: a(n)gulor(um) double compartment anglicna 'g' is used throughout. The beak-like extension to the right of the upper lobe connects to the following graph. |  | Usage: ymagi(n)alit(er) occasionally the lower lobe of the graph is smaller than the upper lobe. |
 | Usage: ange sometimes the lower compartment appears to be set at an angle to the upper lobe. |  | Usage: angulu(m) |
| H | |||
 | Usage: orthog(ra)olit(er) there are almost no 'h' graphs on this folio. |  | Usage: cathet(us) the stem of 'h' is very straight. The tail-stroke is neatly contained beneath the graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: apparebit long 'r' used throughout except after 'o'. |  | Usage: apparet the fork of the graph usually occurs at the base of the following graph. Here it splits slightly higher. |
 | Usage: describer 'r' in final position with flourish. |  | Usage: orthog(ra)olit(er) 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: (con)ti(n)ge(n)s this 's' is used in both initial and final positions. |  | Usage: i(m)possibile long 's' is used in medial positions only. |
 | Usage: subduplu(m) 's' in initial position. |  | Usage: Si upper case graph tipped with red. |
| W | |||
| Y | |||