Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 359B part 7 |
| Identification: | 1 hand for Astrolabe |
| Folios: | 68r-91r |
| Sampled Folios: | 74r, 78r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: arisen single compartment lower case 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: equacio(u)n |
 | Usage: Astrelabie the scribe uses double compartment 'A' for the upper case letter. |  | Usage: Almurie |
| D | |||
 | Usage: down the looped 'd's are evenly formed with upper loop usually extending back just beyond the line of the lower lobe. |  | Usage: myddes |
 | Usage: fynd 'd' in final position is usually tagged. |  | Usage: Sondry a rather fatter lower lobe than usual. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: langage 'g's are also double compartment and evenly formed. The lower compartment is oval in shape and larger than the upper compartment. |  | Usage: sittyng 'g' in final position usually has a looped extension as seen here. |
 | Usage: þyng(es) 'g' with abbreviation for 'es'. |  | Usage: Gen(er)ally upper case 'G' with curved extended stroke from the head. In this example the thick part at the top point of the head is because of a collision with a descender from the line above. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: heuene the 'h' graph is also consistently formed. |  | Usage: tech where 'h' follows 's', 'c', 't' or 'g' it is always crossed. |
 | Usage: nyght the 'ght' combination. |  | Usage: Thus an open head-stroke for this more emphatic 'h' following the upper case 'T'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: remenant the stem of 'r' is always set at a slant. The shoulder is a short, separate thick stroke, with or without a flourish. |  | Usage: wher 'r' in final position usually has a long flourish curling round above the graph. |
 | Usage: sterres 'z'-shaped 'r' is regularly used after 'o' and 'e'. |  | Usage: north a single long 'r' on the two folios examined. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: set 6-shaped 's' used occasionally as the initial letter. |  | Usage: seyn long 's' used mostly in initial position and always in medial position. |
 | Usage: sterres (final 's') a kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. Most examples have the arrow-head extension joining top and bottom of the graph. |  | Usage: sterres (final 's') sigma 's' used occasionally in final position. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whan 'w' in initial position usually has a long approach stroke. |  | Usage: rewle cursive graph which is basically a double 'v' formation with single lobe to finish. |
 | Usage: wittenesse the single example of an alternative loop-headed letter form for 'w'. |  | Usage: owtt(er)est |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: say the left arm of 'y' is set at an angle and the tail curves gently clockwise. |  | Usage: thyn the fork of 'y' lines up with the lower level of the surrounding graphs. |
 | Usage: Gen(er)ally a more angled turn at the end of the tail. |  | Usage: lyne occasionally the tail is formed with a more generous curve. |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þt thorn is used throughout for all functions. All words which can be contracted using thorn, are contracted. |  | Usage: þei |
 | Usage: þis |  | Usage: sowneþ used here for a verb ending. |
| Yogh | |||
 | Usage: ȝodiak yogh is also used frequently, here for the 'z' sound to begin 'zodiac'. |  | Usage: planet(yogh] used here for the plural sound of 'tz'. |
 | Usage: oriȝonte again used for the 'z' sound. |  | Usage: riȝt here used as equivalent to 'gh'. |