Scribal Profile Beryn Scribe | |
Profiles for this Scribe: | 4. London, British Library, MS Harley 6251 |
Current Manuscript: | London, British Library, MS Harley 6251 |
Sampled Folios: | 12r |
Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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A | |||
Usage: than straight-sided 'a' with horizontal cross-bar. | Usage: names the scribe's characteristic habit of including an upper case 'A' in the middle of a word. | ||
Usage: And one of the scribe's upper case 'A's with point at the left of the lower lobe. | Usage: And a very strange 'A' of which there is a second example on this folio in the word 'made' on line 17. | ||
D | |||
Usage: And the scribe's rounded form of looped 'd'. | Usage: dede (first 'd') with pointed lobe. | ||
Usage: dethe also in 'ordeyned' in line 11. Not the scribe's display script. | Usage: died 'd' with tag in final position. | ||
G | |||
Usage: good lower compartment of 'g' is larger than the upper compartment. | Usage: among 'g' in final position with horizontal slash and descending vertical tag attached. | ||
Usage: kynge the scribe's secretary 'g' with horned head and tail with reverse flick. | Usage: Gorbodia upper case 'G' with vertical bisecting stroke. | ||
H | |||
Usage: held 'h' with looped head and neatly contained tail-stroke beneath the body of the graph. | Usage: he | ||
Usage: had the tail-stroke has a reverse flick in this example. | Usage: Howe the scribe's upper case 'H' with open head-stroke, occurring after a double virgule. | ||
R | |||
Usage: yeer long 'r' is not used so frequently on this folio although when used as a final letter it usually has a flourish, as here, probably representative of missing final 'e'. | Usage: broþir modern 'r' is the most used 'r' on this folio. Here seen in final position with tag. | ||
Usage: departid 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after vowels and consonants. | |||
S | |||
Usage: bretons sigma 's' only used in final position on this folio. I can find no examples of kidney 's' on this folio. | Usage: seconde long 's' used initially and medially. | ||
Usage: Sulgeys upper case 'S'. | |||
W | |||
Usage: was 'w' on this folio has either a straight limb at the right, or, as in version 2 the 'B'-shaped element to close. The version as seen in this example is more numerous. | Usage: will used less frequently than version 1. | ||
Usage: crowned a typical 'w' with extended arched stroke for the left arm despite its position in the middle of a word. | Usage: howe an unusual looped 'w' for this scribe. | ||
Y | |||
Usage: kyng | Usage: pryson the tail of 'y' joins to the next letter. | ||
Usage: hym the tail is almost non-existent. | Usage: kynge 'y' attached to the previous 'k' and with tail curving back beneath the first graph. | ||
Thorn and Yogh | |||
Usage: þat thorn used for definite articles, pronouns and demonstrative adjectives. | Usage: broþir thorn also used occasionally to replace 'th' in the middle of a word. | ||
Usage: aȝenst yogh with distinctive long tail-stroke favoured by this scribe. | Usage: fauȝte |