Scribal Profile Hand A | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 814 |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: gnawen double compartment 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: amongis the upper compartment may overhang the lower compartment at the left side. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: Ac upper case 'A's on this folio are all of this angular type. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dreuelen 'd' is always looped with rounded bowl. |  | Usage: lord the upper loop is often triangular in shape. |
 | Usage: bedde |  | Usage: wolde 'd' with squashed loop to fit beneath the head-loop of 'l'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gnawen 'g' is always double compartment. The lower compartment varies in shape and size. |  | Usage: among the lower compartment is generally smaller than the upper compartment. |
 | Usage: beggere |  | Usage: God the upper case graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: he 'h' is evenly formed but sometimes has a more tilted appearance. |  | Usage: wrecchis the stem leans forward slightly. |
 | Usage: whan(n)e 'h' leans away from the preceding 'w'. |  | Usage: hem |
| R | |||
 | Usage: religio(u)n except for 'z'-shaped 'r' only long 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: ner the shoulder of 'r' in final position turns down with a short, thick pen-stroke. |
 | Usage: ffreris 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after most vowels and also after round-bodied graphs. |  | Usage: her(e) 'r' in final position with flourish for missing 'e'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: so seiþ sigma 's' is the only graph to be used in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: deys |
 | Usage: lasse long 's' is reserved for medial positions only on this folio. |  | Usage: Si |
| W | |||
 | Usage: were 'w's are almost always the same. |  | Usage: tweyne this version and version 3 show the size of 'w' compared with surrounding graphs. |
 | Usage: knowe |  | Usage: Who at the beginning of a line. The left limb splays a little, but there is substantially no difference between upper and lower case graphs. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: deys 'y' is always dotted and is squat with a short tail. |  | Usage: nymen the left limb is vertical with the right arm curving round to join the left, making a somewhat squarish shape rather than a true fork. |
 | Usage: gloyenye |  | Usage: mercy sometimes the right arm does not connect with the vertical stroke. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: loueþ thorn is ubiquitous, used for all the usual words and on almost every occasion where 'th' occurs. |  | Usage: welþis like 'y' the stem is vertical with little extension below the point where it is joined by the lobe. |
 | Usage: noȝt yogh is used as equivalent of both 'gh' and 'y'. |  | Usage: ȝate |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Boþe |  | Usage: Is |
 | Usage: Ne |  | Usage: To |