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Adam Pinkhurst Adam Pinkhurst; Hand BAdrian FortescueAntiquaries 134 Scribe Antiquaries 134 scribe or 'Cornhill'Astrolabe scribe Beryn scribeBeryn Scribe and Brut CorrectorCUL Gg. 4.27 ScribeDe Regimine ScribeDelamere Scribe DeltaDevonshire scribe, TCC R.3.3 scribe or slanted hooked 'g' scribeDouble-v ScribeEdmund-Fremund ScribeEgerton 2658 scribeEgerton 2863 ScribeEgerton 2864 scribe Equatorie scribeExeter College 129 ScribeFitzwilliam 181 scribeGeoffrey Spirling Gower Scribe IIGower Scribe IIIHammond ScribeHand 1Hand 2Hand 3
Hand 4Hand AHand B Hand CHand C of TCC R.3.19Hand DHarley 7335 Scribe Hatton 2 scribeHerun?HM 144 ScribeHoccleveHooked G ScribeHuntingdonshire ScribeIohannes HunteJames GrayeJohannes CokJohn BrodeJohn CarpenterJohn DuxworthJohn Marchaunt or Scribe DJohn Newton John ShirleyKeio 10 scribeKnighthood and Battle ScribeLewestonLichfield Scribe Lyty?MoreMorganus Scribe
Nicholaus plenus amorisNorwich ScribeNotehurst-NuthurstPetworth Scribe Polychronicon ScribeR. FryeRicardus FranciscusRichard FramptonRichard OsbarnRobert Bale / BaileRoger Motram?Romances Scribe/BaggeheyRylands English 63 ScribeSelden ScribeStephen DodeshamStyle?Thomas DankastreThomas HoccleveThomas Hoccleve; Hand ETrevisa-Gower ScribeTrinity Anthologies scribe UnknownUpright hooked g ScribeWilliam Cotson de Dunstaple canonicusWinchester ScribeWorcestershire Piers Plowman scribe?Wytton
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Hh.4.12Cambridge, Magdalene College MS Pepys 2006Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.19 (599)
Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.20 (600)England, Manchester, Chetham's Library MS 6709 (Mun. A.4.104)London, British Library MS Additional 16165
London, British Library MS Additional 5140London, British Library MS Egerton 2864London, British Library MS Harley 2251
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A (p.1)A (p.2)A (p.3)A (p.4)A (p.5)A (p.6)A (p.7)A (p.8)A (p.9)A (p.10)A (p.11)A (p.12)A (p.13)A (p.14)A (p.15)A (p.16)A (p.17)A (p.18)A (p.19)A (p.20)A (p.21)A (p.22)A (p.23)
D (p.1)D (p.2)D (p.3)D (p.4)D (p.5)D (p.6)D (p.7)D (p.8)D (p.9)D (p.10)D (p.11)D (p.12)D (p.13)D (p.14)D (p.15)D (p.16)D (p.17)D (p.18)D (p.19)D (p.20)D (p.21)D (p.22)D (p.23)
G (p.1)G (p.2)G (p.3)G (p.4)G (p.5)G (p.6)G (p.7)G (p.8)G (p.9)G (p.10)G (p.11)G (p.12)G (p.13)G (p.14)G (p.15)G (p.16)G (p.17)G (p.18)G (p.19)G (p.20)G (p.21)G (p.22)G (p.23)
H (p.1)H (p.2)H (p.3)H (p.4)H (p.5)H (p.6)H (p.7)H (p.8)H (p.9)H (p.10)H (p.11)H (p.12)H (p.13)H (p.14)H (p.15)H (p.16)H (p.17)H (p.18)H (p.19)H (p.20)H (p.21)H (p.22)H (p.23)
R (p.1)R (p.2)R (p.3)R (p.4)R (p.5)R (p.6)R (p.7)R (p.8)R (p.9)R (p.10)R (p.11)R (p.12)R (p.13)R (p.14)R (p.15)R (p.16)R (p.17)R (p.18)R (p.19)R (p.20)R (p.21)R (p.22)R (p.23)
S (p.1)S (p.2)S (p.3)S (p.4)S (p.5)S (p.6)S (p.7)S (p.8)S (p.9)S (p.10)S (p.11)S (p.12)S (p.13)S (p.14)S (p.15)S (p.16)S (p.17)S (p.18)S (p.19)S (p.20)S (p.21)S (p.22)S (p.23)
W (p.1)W (p.2)W (p.3)W (p.4)W (p.5)W (p.6)W (p.7)W (p.8)W (p.9)W (p.10)W (p.11)W (p.12)W (p.13)W (p.14)W (p.15)W (p.16)W (p.17)W (p.18)W (p.19)W (p.20)W (p.21)W (p.22)W (p.23)
Late Medieval English Scribes is an online catalogue of all scribal hands (identified or unidentified) which appear in the manuscripts of the English writings of five major Middle English authors: Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, John Trevisa, William Langland and Thomas Hoccleve.The easiest place to start is to click on the link "Manuscripts" in the menubar above and begin navigating your way to a particular library.
422 manuscript descriptions
528 scribal profiles
17468 images of letter forms
451 images of manuscript pages
528 scribal profiles
17468 images of letter forms
451 images of manuscript pages
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Roger Motram? from USA, New York, NY, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Plimpton 263
Roger Motram? from USA, New York, NY, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Plimpton 263
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