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Morganus Scribe
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2. Oxford, Christ Church College MS 152
 
Current Manuscript:Oxford, Christ Church MS 152
Identification:Possibly the Morganus scribe?
Folios:Hand 2 copied (iv), 228v (line 12) - 231, 277-281v
Sampled Folios:229r
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A
Usage: and
the scribe forms 'a' in several ways. Here the head is rounded and upper compartment is small.
Usage: a
here the head stroke is angled before continuing down.
Usage: lady
this graph is squarer with bisecting horizontal line between upper and lower portions of the graph.
Usage: And
for upper case 'A' the upper loop is larger than the lower one.
 
D
Usage: duryng
the lower compartment is oval and smaller than the looped top.
Usage: meadiatrice
Usage: and
'd' in final position is frequently tagged with curving stroke descending below the level of the body of the graph.
Usage: dyde
the upper loops are flung backwards in this example.
 
G
Usage: guyde' 'g' has upper compartment smaller than the longer oval lower compartment. The sharp point at the head is not always apparent.
Usage: duryng
again 'g' in final position often has a long descending tag attached to the horizontal extension which extends out from near the top of the upper compartment.
Usage: gloryous
the graph has a hunched appearancewith horizontal extension leading through to the looped head of the following graph.
Usage: Ploughmannys
the same situation occurs here where 'g' is followed by 'h' with looped head-stroke.
 
H
Usage: holsom
a looped head-stroke, and tail-stroke curving round clockwise before looping back to join the following graph.
Usage: she
the horizontal stroke from the head of sigma 's' follows through to form the looped head-stroke of 'h'.
Usage: seyth
'h' in combination with 't' and 'g' is frequently crossed.
Usage: Here
upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line.
 
R
Usage: redemptour
(first r) long 'r' is used throughout except after 'o'. Here the 'e' is attached to the end of the right fork.
Usage: owr
the fork of the letter does not systematically fall in the same place. Here the shoulder curves upwards perhaps to represent a missing 'e'?
Usage: or
'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o'. The curious extension from the lower left of the graph is thickly drawn and occurs on all examples of this graph.
Usage: conquere
 
S
Usage: syde
the head of sigma 's' curves up and round to connect with the following graph. Sigma 's' used in initial and final positions.
Usage: blessyd
a rather splayed pair of long 's's. Long 's' is used in initial and medial positions.
Usage: ys
sigma 's' in final position.
Usage: Staff
upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line.
 
W
Usage: whos
the scribe's 'w' graph is consistently formed.
Usage: worthy
the middle loop always stands above the elements to left and right.
Usage: Now
Usage: worchype
 
Y
Usage: pryde
the tail of 'y' is usually long and gracefully curved.
Usage: mercy
Usage: begynnyth
compared with surrounding graphs, the tail of 'y' is long and this may affect the spacing between lines.
Usage: bysyly
the tail of 'y' frequently becomes entangled in the top of graphs on the following line as the scribe attempts to copy the right number of lines per folio.
 
f
Usage: of
every final 'f' has a long trailing stroke attached.
Usage: of
the long descending stroke from 'f' also influences the appearance of the script.
Usage: lyf
Usage: Staff
 
Upper Case Letters
Usage: Ploughmannys
'P' always has a diagonal stroke which cuts diagonally through the lobe of the graph beginning from the top of the stem.
Usage: That
'T' is squat with vertical bisecting line whoch loops up and round to form the head stroke.
Usage: In
a deeply incised head for upper case 'I'.
Usage: Now
 
b, l, h, k
Usage: be
the graphs shown here have wide looped heads.
Usage: lyf
Usage: honure
Usage: kynde
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