Scribal Profile Hand B | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, University Library MS Dd. 3.53 Part 1 |
| Folios: | 15r-18v |
| Sampled Folios: | 15r |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: ad double compartment 'a' with upper compartment that varies in shape. |  | Usage: Ricardus |
 | Usage: Ap |  | Usage: Alexander the scribe's upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: de looped 'd' is used throughout. |  | Usage: h(ab)end(um)? 'hend' always has final 'd' tagged, as does 'qd'. |
 | Usage: impedimento |  | Usage: Dale upper case 'D' for a name. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: grauetur vertical aspect to the upper compartment and a horizontal aspect for the lower. |  | Usage: Englyssh |
 | Usage: magno the upper compartment usually has an upstanding quiff at the head. |  | Usage: Collegiata |
| H | |||
 | Usage: habent neatly formed 'h' with fine tail curving to end beneath the body of the graph. |  | Usage: Englyssh crossed 'h' after 's'. |
 | Usage: heredes |  | Usage: Henry a slightly more emphatic graph as perhaps the upper case 'H' for a name. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: racione long 'r' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: inquietur modern 'r' always seems to be used in final position. |
 | Usage: temporalium 'z'-shaped 'r' is only used after 'o'. |  | Usage: Rob(er)ti |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sigillo long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: suas both kidney and sigma 's' are used in final position. |
 | Usage: ven(er)abilis sigma 's' in final position. |  | Usage: Suthwell |
| W | |||
 | Usage: Norwell w's are rare, only to be found in names. |  | Usage: Suthwell |
 | Usage: Wyntonien |  | Usage: Will(ia)m |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: lychefelden 'y' is consistently formed and may be with or without a dot. |  | Usage: Englyssh |
 | Usage: Wystowe |  | Usage: Bykenor the tail of 'y' may also be short and squat. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Thome |  | Usage: Norwell |
 | Usage: Joh(ann)es |  | Usage: B |