Scribal Profile Hand 1 | |
| Current Manuscript: | England, Alnwick, Northumberland, Alnwick Castle, (Duke of Northumberland), MS 460 scientific texts including Chaucer's 'Astrolabe'. |
| Folios: | 182r-190r |
| Sampled Folios: | 182r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment secretary 'a' used throughout with little variation. |  | Usage: clymatis |
 | Usage: Astrolabie upper case 'A' used consistently for references to the Astrolabe, to Arabians and Arabic and also at the beginning of sense units. |  | Usage: A upper compartment 'A' at the beginning of a line. Consistently shaped in this way. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dyvyded the initial 'd' in this word. Most of the scribe's 'd' graphs have a pointed lobe as seen here. |  | Usage: divided the final 'd' in this word. Where 'd' is the final graph it always has a descending tag. |
 | Usage: occidental 'd' in the middle of a word. The shape is substantially the same. |  | Usage: wordes a slightly modified 'd' in the middle of a word. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: good secretary 'g' in initial position. |  | Usage: descendyng 'g' in final position with extended horizontal head-stroke. |
 | Usage: gen(er)all secretary horned 'g' in initial position. |  | Usage: Grekes upper case 'G'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: have conventional 'h' in initial position. |  | Usage: crosseth when 'h' follows 't' whether in the middle of a word or as here in final position, it is almost always crossed. |
 | Usage: night the 'gut' combination. |  | Usage: knowlech in the red ink of the title in the formal hand of the scribe, 'h' following 'c' is also crossed. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reet modern 'r' is used in all positions most of the time, although long 'r' and 'z'-shaped 'r' are also present. |  | Usage: her 'r' in final position almost always has a distinct upward flourish to finish. |
 | Usage: for distinctive curled descender from lower left of the graph always present. |  | Usage: Rome upper case 'R'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: seith long 's' in initial position. Also used medially. |  | Usage: conclusions sigma 's' in final position is the most usual graph. However, see s3 for a variation. |
 | Usage: Lowes this 's' is used for words in final position for the first two lines of the folio. Thereafter sigma 's' is used in final position. |  | Usage: crosse an example of the scribe's double 's'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wrappith most of the scribe's 'w's are variations on this pattern wherever they occur in the word. The left arm is invariably extended with left-ward sweep. |  | Usage: wt the scribe's version of the abbreviation for 'with'. |
 | Usage: thow 'w' in final position. |  | Usage: West upper case 'W' totally unlike the lower case letter. Interestingly the scribe uses an upper case graph for the compass points for East and North. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: [L]Ytell the first word of the text. The first 5-line initial 'L' is missing. The following 'Y' appears to be upper case. |  | Usage: by the tail of 'y' varies in length and curvature. |
 | Usage: prayers |  | Usage: dyvyded |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Take upper case 'T' in characteristic form. |  | Usage: Est upper case 'E' for 'Est' to match the upper case 'W' in 'West'. |
 | Usage: Northe upper case 'N' for another compass point. |  | Usage: But elaborate 'Z' (rater than 2)-shaped element to preced 'B'. |