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Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library, Sloane 2578 |
| Folios: | 5-111v |
| Sampled Folios: | 107v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: all only single compartment 'a' is used. | Usage: shalbe | |
 | Usage: cadet |  | Usage: As a double compartment graph for the upper case letter. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: derthe unlooped 'd' with oval lobe. Down-stroke set at an oblique angle which does not always close the lobe. |  | Usage: fynisshed |
 | Usage: heddes |  | Usage: maide |
| G | |||
 | Usage: hunger scoop-shaped bowl to 'g' with longish tail which turns in reverse at the end. |  | Usage: king(es) the hair-line stroke at the head extends as the horizontal dash and joins to the following graph. |
 | Usage: thurgh sometimes the tail travels in a clockwise direction first before curling down to finish. |  | Usage: dygger |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hunger leaning 'h' in initial position. |  | Usage: tellethe 'h' to follow 't' with stem and shoulder as a continuous wavy line. |
 | Usage: ryght |  | Usage: hitherw(er)d the graph ends with a turn counter-clockwise. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ryght the 'r' resembles a number '2' followed by a sickle-shaped extension. |  | Usage: dygger |
 | Usage: warr(e) the flourish on the final 'r' probably represents a missing 'e'. |  | Usage: Reges upper case 'R' also resembles the figure '2' with semi-circular addition on the side and horizontal cross-bar through the middle.. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: shalbe long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: vsurpans '6'-shaped 's' with reverse curl at the head is used in final position. |
 | Usage: fynisshed |  | Usage: frutes |
| W | |||
 | Usage: warne long approach stroke to the left limb. |  | Usage: enowe a single lobe to the right which may appear almost circular in some examples. |
 | Usage: when in other examples, the compartment at the right has almost a horizontal base. |  | Usage: w(er)ke |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ye again, the body of 'y' varies little. The tail does vary in length and in shape. |  | Usage: multeply the tail of 'y' angles down to finish. |
 | Usage: dye |  | Usage: ryght 'y' has a concave stroke angling down attached to the end of the tail. |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þe thorn is virtually indistinguishable from 'y'. It is mainly used with superscript abbreviations. |  | Usage: þen |
 | Usage: ampersand there are no yoghs on this folio but ampersand is quite distinctive. |  | Usage: ampersand |