Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 10 |
| Folios: | 1-65v |
| Sampled Folios: | 5v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: malencolie the majority of the scribe's lower case 'a's are single compartment and formed as here with hairline connector at the head. |  | Usage: carist a single example on the sampled folios of straight-sided lower case 'a' with horizontal bar to divide into two compartments. |
 | Usage: And the scribe's favoured upper case version of 'A'. |  | Usage: And occasionally the scribe uses this upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dreede the initial 'd' in this word. |  | Usage: greeuid whenever 'd' is in final position, it always has a tag attached as here. |
 | Usage: goddis |  | Usage: amendid |
| G | |||
 | Usage: graspist the majority of the scribe's 'g's are formed as in versions 1 and 2. The length of tail varies according to space available and position in word. |  | Usage: greeuid The extra curved extension above the body of the letter on the right is frequently present. |
 | Usage: goddis however, there are a few occasions on the sampled folios where anglicana double compartment 'g' is also used. |  | Usage: Greet |
| H | |||
 | Usage: holsum 'h' is usually formed with open head-stroke and foot at the lower end of the stem. |  | Usage: lyght in 'gh' and'ght' combinations, 'h' is usually crossed. |
 | Usage: thow occasionally the tail-stroke turns in reverse. |  | Usage: Haast upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: richesse 'z'-shaped 'r' used in all positions almost all the time. |  | Usage: dreede very occasionally the scribe uses long 'r'. |
 | Usage: fer modern 'r' used occasionally, but see Wild Letter 2 for a further examination of the 'r' graph. |  | Usage: array the 'z'-shaped 'r' sometimes has otiose strokes which descend vertically from the graph. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: wittes with one exception on the two sampled folios, sigma 's' is always used both initially and also in final position. |  | Usage: sauour |
 | Usage: graspist the first 's' in this word. Long 's' is used in medial positions. On one occasion it is used as the initial letter. |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wittes the formation of 'w' is fairly consistent. It usually has a spikey appearance. |  | Usage: sorwe |
 | Usage: wexen sometimes the graph has a more rounded aspect with the middle arm forming a closed lobe at the top of the graph. |  | Usage: Whiche upper case graph at the beginning of the first line of the folio. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yit |  | Usage: I 'y' used as first person singular pronoun. |
 | Usage: ys 'y' used instead of 'i'. |  | Usage: I graph at the beginning of a line with license to extend into the side margin. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Ful |  | Usage: Bireve an unusual 'B' graph with no top lobe, just a horned head-stroke with faint hairline connection back to the body of the graph. |
 | Usage: Now |  | Usage: Prolle |
| More of lower case r | |||
 | Usage: Ther I take this to be the scribe's version of the modern 'r' graph. The formation is exactly the same as for the 'z'-shaped 'r' and one could assume that the flourished addition represents a missing 'e'. However, there are a few other occasions where a similar graph appears in the middle of a word without such an exaggerated flourish but with an added curved stroke after the 'z' and this appears to be the scribe's version of 'r'. |  | Usage: grettir final letter in this word. |
 | Usage: repoort the penultimate letter of the word. |  | Usage: Or |