Scribal Profile Notehurst-Nuthurst | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. England, Manchester, Chetham's Library MS 6696 (Mun. A.7.38) |
| Current Manuscript: | England, Manchester, Chetham's Library MS 6696 (Mun. A.7.48) |
| Folios: | 1-124 |
| Sampled Folios: | 48r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: aȝein single compartment 'a' with hairline head-stroke is used most of the time. |  | Usage: all this cursive form of 'a' is also used as the lower case graph as well as for the upper case version. |
 | Usage: astate both versions used in this example. |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dreynte both looped and unlooped 'd' are used by the scribe. |  | Usage: clepid |
 | Usage: stod in final position the looped version is often used and the loop is sometimes extended beyond the graph. |  | Usage: Dedalus the upper case graph. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: go 'g' is tailed and sometimes the tail completes a circle back to the left side of the body of the graph. |  | Usage: thing the loop of the tail curves round to form the head-stroke. |
 | Usage: bright |  | Usage: God |
| H | |||
 | Usage: helpe the very cursive 'h' which almost appears to be lying on its side in some examples. |  | Usage: Thre the tail-stroke turns counter-clockwise and continues up to join to the next graph. |
 | Usage: sholde |  | Usage: He the upper case graph with foot at the base of the ascender. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rule 'z'-shaped 'r' is the only graph used for the lower case letter in all positions. |  | Usage: craftes |
 | Usage: for |  | Usage: Reynes upper case graph at the beginning of a line. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: shynes long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: dedalus a six-shaped graph is used in final position. |
 | Usage: desyreth the thick stem and dominance of the 'long 's' may be seen in comparison with the following 'y'. |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whiche the double 'v'-shaped 'w' has quite a lateral spread. |  | Usage: how |
 | Usage: were in initial position, 'w' frequently has a curved approach stroke. |  | Usage: Whiche the upper case graph is exactly the same as the lower case letter. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: hym 'y' is almost always dotted. |  | Usage: wantonly |
 | Usage: ffynde the graph often gives the impression of being squashed. |  | Usage: My |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þt thorn is exactly the same as the 'y' graph and is also dotted, as is 'y'. |  | Usage: þe |
 | Usage: pointeȝ yogh is used as equivalent of the 'z' sound of plurals, and also of 'y'. |  | Usage: aȝein |