Scribal Profile Petworth Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 4. London, British Library, MS Sloane 3501 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library, MS Sloane 3501 |
| Identification: | Also known as the 'high 'g' scribe' |
| Folios: | Mar-52 |
| Sampled Folios: | 12r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: man all lower case 'a's are double compartment. |  | Usage: al |
 | Usage: And upper case 'A'. |  | Usage: And upper case 'A' on the top line, very reminiscent of some of the upper case 'A's of Adam Pinkhurst. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dure looped 'd' used throughout. |  | Usage: dooþ a squat version of 'd' with upper loop sitting squarely on the lower lobe. |
 | Usage: kiddes |  | Usage: to gidere on the top line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: to gider 'g' is distinctive in this scribe's hand. The letter is usually positioned on the line itself and slightly tilted towards the following letter, 'i' as shown here. Typical too are the small horn above the top compartment and the curved overhang to the right of the lower lobe. |  | Usage: good |
 | Usage: huntyng final 'g' and 't' frequently attract a slashed tag-stroke to finish. |  | Usage: rough 'g' in association with crossed 'h'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: haue triangular head-stroke and exaggerated foot to the stem. |  | Usage: shul an arched head-stroke which is left open. |
 | Usage: h(er)tes the slash through the 'h' represents an interesting abbreviation of 'er'. |  | Usage: march 'h' is frequently crossed in 'ch', 'th' combinations. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rough long 'r' used initially and medially. Modern 'r' used in preference in final positions. |  | Usage: her modern 'r' used in all positions and when used finally it frequently has a flourish as shown here. |
 | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'o'. An otiose stroke descends from the middle or right point of the lower part of the letter. |  | Usage: Roo |
| S | |||
 | Usage: hornes kidney-shaped 's' used exclusively in final position. |  | Usage: sith sigma 's' used initially along with long 's'. |
 | Usage: passed long 's' used initially and medially. |  | Usage: shuld it is sometimes possible to see the approach stroke to the head of the letter on 's' and 'f'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: were almost all 'w's are of the same formation, varying only in the length or presence of the approach stroke. |  | Usage: knowe |
 | Usage: wiþ | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: burnysshen the tail of 'y' slopes back beneath the previous letter. 'y' is usually dotted. |  | Usage: hye |
 | Usage: vynys on the bottom line the tails of 'y' are more flamboyant. | ||
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þei thorn used for some pronouns and demonstrative adjectives. |  | Usage: þat |
 | Usage: ȝeere yogh with tail-stroke curving back on itself. Long approach stroke to the head of the graph. |  | Usage: ȝif |
| p | |||
 | Usage: passed possibly the only 'p' on this folio. It is perhaps unusual with the spike of the main descender protruding above the lobe of the letter. | ||
| I | |||
 | Usage: I 'I' is a simple tapering vertical with approach strokes of various lengths. |  | Usage: Inne |
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: It |