Scribal Profile Hand A | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Wadham College MS 13 |
| Folios: | 1-169, 273-288v |
| Sampled Folios: | 1r, 77v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: alle single compartment 'a' is used most of the time. |  | Usage: mayde the occasional use of anglicana 'a' either as a separate indefinite article or within a word, as here. |
 | Usage: agayne |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dwell a very pointed lower lobe on this looped 'd'. |  | Usage: answered in final position 'd' frequently has a long trailing tag. |
 | Usage: goddes |  | Usage: Do the first word of a line so probably the scribe's upper case graph. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god squarish upper compartment for double compartment 'g'. |  | Usage: gode long oval lower compartment. |
 | Usage: among a curl on final 'g' which could be representative of a missing 'e'. |  | Usage: ryght |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hyght 'h' is short and squat. | Usage: fayth the limb is extremely thick. | |
 | Usage: broght the cross of 't' turns backwards to provide what might be taken as a crossed 'h'. This is a common practice of the scribe and not an isolated example. |  | Usage: fayth a rather grotesque limb-stroke for 'h'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: resceyven both long 'r' and 'z'-shaped 'r' are used in initial position. |  | Usage: thayr long 'r' in final position with flourish for missing 'e'. |
 | Usage: mater 'z'-shaped 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: Rome many of the scribe's strokes are extremely thick. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sayth long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: worldes sigma 's' is used in both initial and final positions. |
 | Usage: so |  | Usage: Spake |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wyde the scribe uses both anglicana looped 'w' as well as this cursive version. |  | Usage: worshyppe |
 | Usage: shewen |  | Usage: Which at the beginning of a line so probably the upper case version which differs from the lower case in having no approach stroke. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: hyght 'y' and thorn are exactly the same graph. Here there is a slight bend on the tail of 'y'. |  | Usage: sayth the majority of the scribe's 'y's look like this example. |
 | Usage: þay an example of 'y' with tail turning counter-clockwise perhaps to distinguish it from the initial thorn. |  | Usage: to gedyr |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þay as said above, it would be difficult to find any difference between 'y' and thorn. |  | Usage: þat |
 | Usage: þayre in this example, it is the thorn which has a slight turn on the tail whereas the 'y' has a straight tail-stroke. |  | Usage: þt |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: To |  | Usage: But |
 | Usage: No |  | Usage: Off |