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Scribal Profile CUL Gg. 4.27 Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 3. USA, Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri, Fragmenta Manuscripta 150 |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, Columbia, MO, University of Missouri MS Fragmenta Manuscripta 150 |
| Folios: | 1 |
| Sampled Folios: | 1v |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as the scribe uses anglicana 'a' in the English portion of the text. |  | Usage: nat |
 | Usage: fortuna single compartment secretary 'a' used in the Latin portion of the text on this single folio. |  | Usage: amicos secretary 'a' with fine hair-line head stroke |
| D | |||
 | Usage: fideliu(m) the scribe uses both looped and unlooped 'd'. |  | Usage: good cursive 'd'. |
 | Usage: vndir |  | Usage: descou(er)ith |
| G | |||
 | Usage: good 8-shaped anglicana 'g' alternates with the secretary form. |  | Usage: gen?? tailed 'g' with small hump at the end of the tail. |
 | Usage: integer | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: horribilis straight stem of 'h' with turned foot at the base of the stem. A trailing tail-stroke which follows a clockwise direction beneath the graph and ends in a straight line with downward curve to finish. |  | Usage: mochel 'h' with open head and sharply angled turn to the right of the tail-stroke, again ending in a straight line. |
 | Usage: schalt |  | Usage: schewith |
| R | |||
 | Usage: riht long 'r' used in initial, medial and final positions. |  | Usage: horribilis 'z'-shaped 'r' is used at random, not only after 'o' and 'e'. Here the 'z'-shaped letter is followed by long 'r'. |
 | Usage: querere modern 'r' is also used on this folio in medial and final positions. |  | Usage: hir long 'r' in final position with flourish. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sche long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: aȝens sigma 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: mentes kidney-shaped 's' is used consistently in final position in the Latin portion of this folio. |  | Usage: amicos sigma 's' is not found in final position in the short Latin fragment. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wenen 'w' is consistently formed with closed head loops and 'B'-shaped element to the right. |  | Usage: whan |
 | Usage: whan |  | Usage: schewith |
| Y | |||
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þu thorn is used for articles and adjectives as well as verb endings. It is also used with superscript abbreviations. |  | Usage: bifalliþ vertical stem for thorn and open head. |
 | Usage: aȝens yogh is used as equivalent to both 'y' and 'g' on this folio. |  | Usage: ȝit |