Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 143 |
| Folios: | ii(r), iii(r) |
| Sampled Folios: | ii(r) |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: departen both secretary and anglicana lower case 'a' are employed by this scribe. |  | Usage: hath |
 | Usage: And one of the scribe's upper case 'A' graphs with squarish lower lobe. |  | Usage: As the second, and most representative graph on these two folios has an exaggerated squarish lower lobe. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: day conventional looped 'd' is used throughout. |  | Usage: aspied 'd' in final position with descending tag. |
 | Usage: blood the loop of 'd' sometimes extends back over previous letters. |  | Usage: Destroyed upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: conynge anglicana double compartment 'g' is the preferred graph but secretary 'g' is also used frequently. |  | Usage: degree tailed 'g' with long tail extending beneath several other letters. |
 | Usage: Griece upper case 'G'. |  | Usage: thyng 'g' with much more pointed lower lobe and hairline stroke closing both upper and lower compartments. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: that the limb descends in a slight curve. The tail-stroke then angles sharply to the right in almost every example of the scribe's 'h'. | Usage: wuch crossed 'h' in 'ch' combination. | |
 | Usage: he a flamboyant 'h' on the top line of verse. |  | Usage: He upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: Destroyed modern 'r' is used for preference in all positions. |  | Usage: Troy long 'r' may occasionally be found. |
 | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o' and has a long otiose stroke attached which curves round counter-clockwise to follow the line of the graph. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: this kidney 's' is used for preference in final position. |  | Usage: fals sigma 's' also used in final position as well as initially. |
 | Usage: scornyng long 's' is used initially and medially. |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wist the 'w' graph is fairly consistent with looped head, angled feet to the limbs and the 'B'-shaped element to the right. |  | Usage: whan |
 | Usage: was the left limb is separate in this example. |  | Usage: Wherfore upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Troy the scribe frequently reverses the tail of 'y' with the same sharp angle which he employs on 'h'. |  | Usage: youre the scribe needs no excuse to extend tails, add extra flourished otiose strokes to almost any letter at the end of a word or line including 'e', 'n', 'h' and 'y'. |
 | Usage: was Eleyeyn the tail of the first 'y' may be seen extending way down into the lower margin. | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: So first letter of first line of folio. |  | Usage: Thorugh |
 | Usage: Now |  | Usage: Criseide |
| More Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: And he first letter of the first line of the folio. |  | Usage: In first letter of a stanza. |
 | Usage: But | ||