Scribal Profile Hand B | |
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| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 814 |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: a double compartment 'a' with the two compartments not always defined. |  | Usage: man the upper compartment is often larger than the lower compartment. The down-stroke at the right is thick and straight. |
 | Usage: halle |  | Usage: Austyn a single form of upper case 'A' on the folio examined and it is formed in exactly the same way as the lower case letter. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dispute looped 'd' is used throughout. The graph is very similar to the 'd's of the first scribe. |  | Usage: god |
 | Usage: Iudas the lower lobe is sometimes more angular in appearance. |  | Usage: wordis |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gile as with the first scribe, the lower compartment of 'g' is smaller than the upper compartment. |  | Usage: gynneþ |
 | Usage: Imagynatif in some examples the lower compartment is very small indeed. |  | Usage: long there is almost always a a small apron to the right of the lower lobe which ends in an upward flick. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: haue 'h' is very similar to the first scribe's graph but is usually more upright in appearance. |  | Usage: worschipid |
 | Usage: chaumbre the limb is thick at the shoulder and tapers to a point just below the graph. There is not always a tail-stroke. |  | Usage: holicherche here the two 'h's are set at a slight angle. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rende long 'r' is used throughout in all positions. |  | Usage: answer in final position, 'r' frequently has a flourish, probably for a missing final 'e'. |
 | Usage: parlour 'z'-shaped 'r' follows vowels. |  | Usage: Roten the upper case 'R'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: suche sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: clerkis a tag on the horizontal extension of the head of sigma 's'. |
 | Usage: misbileue long 's' is used mainly in medial position. There is only one example of long 's' in initial position on the folio examined. Long 's' is actually a short graph, rarely extending much below the line. |  | Usage: Suche |
| W | |||
 | Usage: was the 'w' graph varies little. The limbs are upright, the 'B'-shaped element at the right is barely defined. |  | Usage: wolde the 'B'-shaped element is barely defined. |
 | Usage: answer both limbs curl to the right. |  | Usage: Whi an upper case graph where the limbs are longer than in the lower case letter. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: echeday the tail of 'y' always descends at the same forty-five degree angle. |  | Usage: chemeney the tail may be straight or end with a small flick counter-clockwise. |
 | Usage: hym here the tail of 'y' is short and ends on the line. |  | Usage: motyues |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þei thorn is used frequently for all the usual words but also as a replacement 'th'. |  | Usage: wiþ the lobe for thorn is a separate stroke which does not seem to connect with the stem. |
 | Usage: myȝten yogh is used as equivalent of 'gh' and also of 'y'. |  | Usage: ȝoure |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Non |  | Usage: Iewis |
 | Usage: Of |  | Usage: Carpen |