Scribal Profile Beryn scribe | |
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| Current Manuscript: | USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS 100 |
| Identification: | This scribe also copied 166-202; see under 2 |
| Folios: | 1-165, 203-215 [paper] |
| Sampled Folios: | 77v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: As |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: Abraham |
| D | |||
 | Usage: Godis |  | Usage: stond the loop of 'd' often extends backwards as here. 'd' also frequently has a tail. |
 | Usage: Diu(er)s upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: weddit |
| G | |||
 | Usage: bigame |  | Usage: kyng final 'g' almost always has a tail. |
 | Usage: God | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: husbond triangular head-loop and tail either contained beneath the graph or looping back to connect with the following graph. |  | Usage: had |
 | Usage: He upper case letter at the beginning of a line. Even on the lower case 'h', the head-stroke sometimes arches over, above the level of succeeding letters. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: or |  | Usage: refressid long 'r' is used alongside modern 'r'. The top of long 'r' frequently sits below the level of other letters. |
 | Usage: wher final 'r' is often flourished. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: shuld sigma 's' used in initial position. |  | Usage: was used in final position. |
 | Usage: Blessid long 's' used medially. The two stems of long 's' diverge. |  | Usage: Salamon |
| W | |||
 | Usage: trowe |  | Usage: wold where 'w' is in initial position, there is a curved lead-in stroke. |
 | Usage: Why 'W' in first position in the line. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: demyn the tail of 'y' turns to the right at a very sharp angle. |  | Usage: Scolyng the tail of 'y' frequently extends below several letters. |
 | Usage: wel a wey 'y' as the last letter at the end of a line. | ||
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þat thorn is used occasionally on this folio. |  | Usage: þogh |
 | Usage: þan |  | Usage: ȝeft the only occurrence of yogh on this folio. |