Scribal Profile Fitzwilliam 181 scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS McClean 181 |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS McClean 181 |
| Folios: | 1-305 |
| Sampled Folios: | 18r, 90r, 208r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: harneys squarish secretary 'a' used almost exclusively. |  | Usage: raunsoun the single anglicana 'a' on this folio. |
 | Usage: And the first letter of the first line. The scribe's upper case 'A's are nearly all formed in this way. |  | Usage: cote-Armours |
| D | |||
 | Usage: wounde unlooped 'd' is used occasionally by this scribe. |  | Usage: dede most of the scribe's 'd's are looped. |
 | Usage: nold final 'd' with tagged finish. |  | Usage: Dwellen |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gyrte most of the scribe's 'g's have a hook as a tail-stroke turning counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: hight the exception that proves the rule. |
 | Usage: sloglardy (sic) |  | Usage: lyggynge |
| H | |||
 | Usage: Thorow arched, open, head-stroke extended beyond the limits of the graph. The limb here descends vertically with gentle curve clockwise to finish. |  | Usage: he the stroke from shoulder to tail is frequently angled back beyond the lower part of the stem. The stem leans to the right. |
 | Usage: hight crossed 'h' in the 'ght' combination. Again the slant of 'h' is notable. |  | Usage: they ascender of 'h' on the top line of verse. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: were modern 'r' is used as well as long 'r' in all positions. |  | Usage: Conquerour long 'r' with flourish. Both long 'r' and modern 'r' are used on this folio, long 'r' particularly in final position. |
 | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'e' and 'o'. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: caas kidney-shaped 's' used frequently in final position. |  | Usage: Armes sigma 's' used occasionally in final position. |
 | Usage: Sustren upper case 'S' for this noun. |  | Usage: ffresscher long 's' used both initially and medially. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: with the length of the left arm of 'w' varies and can be longer or shorter than in this example. |  | Usage: knewe a secretary 'w' entirely unlike the previous example. |
 | Usage: With upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: newe the last word of a line with space above to allow the scribe to extend the letter vertically. This form of 'w' with 'B'-shaped element to the right is also used frequently on some folios. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yonge |  | Usage: worthy |
 | Usage: by the last word of the line and the scribe takes advantage of the space to his right by extending the tail stroke. | ||
| Ascenders | |||
 | Usage: in the caas versions 1-3 are all images of ascenders on the top line of verse. |  | Usage: they |
 | Usage: founde | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Both all these upper case letters are at the beginning of a line of verse. |  | Usage: Not |
 | Usage: Terme |  | Usage: Of |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þe thorn is used at times, usually with a superscript to follow. |  | Usage: þt |
 | Usage: þe | ||