Scribal Profile Leweston | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. Cambridge, University Library MS Ff. 1. 6. |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ff.1.6 |
| Folios: | Chaucer's Complaint to his Purse |
| Sampled Folios: | 59r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: lady single compartment 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: And upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line with the descender from the 'N' on the line above dissecting the arched stroke. |
 | Usage: Albyon a different form of upper case 'A'. | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: dye looped 'd' used throughout. |  | Usage: lewdnesse the lower lobe is closed with a hairline stroke. |
 | Usage: and where 'd' is the final letter it often has a tag. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: kyng tailed 'g' used by the scribe. The head of the right down-stroke which curves gently round to form the tail begins above the lobe of the graph. |  | Usage: lyght |
 | Usage: bryght | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: that the head of 'h' may be either open or looped. |  | Usage: Have |
 | Usage: Beth crossed 'h' when combined with 't' in final position. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: dere z'-shaped 'r' appears in every position except as the first letter of a word and there are no examples on this folio. |  | Usage: certes the single deviation on this folio from the shape of version 1. Here there is a descending stroke from the lower left side of the letter. |
 | Usage: verray | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: certes sigma 's' is the most usual form of final 's' and finishes with an extended horizontal stroke. |  | Usage: purs a rather squashed example of kidney 's' with a strange otiose stroke descending from the letter. |
 | Usage: as although long 's' is usually found in initial and medial positions, here the scribe has used it as the final letter. |  | Usage: Syn the configuration of the upper case graph. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: yow both left and middle limb are of even height. The 'B'-shaped element to the right resembles a yogh. |  | Usage: wyll the top section of the final element often has the appearance of being detached. |
 | Usage: Which | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: sorye 'y' is often dotted. |  | Usage: ye the two strokes for 'y' often appear as separate strokes with fine hairline connector not always visible. |
 | Usage: a yeyne the first 'y' in this word. |  | Usage: Ye 'Y' at the beginning of a line. |
| Macrons | |||
 | Usage: ben macron or suspension mark on the final 'n' in this word. |  | Usage: vppon |
 | Usage: supplicaion |  | Usage: Albyon |
| Dot of 'i'. | |||
 | Usage: this 'i' is 'dotted' by a curved stroke which may or may not be above the letter. |  | Usage: which |
 | Usage: yif |  | Usage: I pray even the upper case letter receives a 'dot'. |
| Signature | |||
 | Usage: The scribe has signed this folio. | ||