Scribal Profile Beryn scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 2. England, Alnwick , Duke of Northumberland MS 455 |
| Current Manuscript: | Alnwick, Northumberland, Alnwick Castle, Collection of the Duke of Northumberland MS 455 |
| Folios: | 1-287 |
| Sampled Folios: | 71r, 160r, 179v, 180r, 189v, 235r, 237v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: talys straight-sided 'a' divided by a cross-stroke. |  | Usage: And the scribe has a variety of upper case 'A's. This version is quite unusual with square lobe and forked head. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: lokid 'd' is mainly the looped version though there are variations. |  | Usage: leyd tagged 'd' in final position. |
 | Usage: degree although not in an upper case position, this may be the scribe's version of upper case 'D'. |  | Usage: doith occasional use of the secretary form of 'd'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: begyn anglicana 'g' with lower lobe larger than the upper one. |  | Usage: grete tailed secretary 'g' with horned head. The tail loops round and provides the cross-stroke at the head of the graph. |
 | Usage: grene reverse flick of the tail-stroke in this example. |  | Usage: God a vertical line bisects this upper case 'G'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hir arched head to this graph. |  | Usage: here sometimes the scribe flicks back the tail-stroke to join to the next letter. |
 | Usage: His 'H' at the beginning of a line and probably the scribe's upper case letter. |  | Usage: Here the opening word of the explicit to the Summoner's Tale. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: berith long 'r' is used mainly in final position. |  | Usage: watir modern 'r' with separate shoulder-stroke is also used. |
 | Usage: vertuouse 'z'-shaped 'r' is also used, mainly after 'o' and 'e'. |  | Usage: Raby |
| S | |||
 | Usage: teris sigma 's' used most frequently in final position. |  | Usage: lustis kidney-shaped 's' is also used in final position. |
 | Usage: syn sigma 's' is also used as well as long 's' in initial position. |  | Usage: Stoon this word is not at the beginning of a line and one would expect a lower case letter. However the scribe occasionally introduces an upper case letter for a word in what seems to be an arbitrary fashion. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wild the scribe has several forms of 'w'. In this example there is a long approach stroke to the left limb and a single looped element to the right. |  | Usage: town the left limb of this graph is entirely separate from the rest of the graph. There is now a 'B'-shaped element to the right and the left limb is extended above the level of the preceding graph. |
 | Usage: felawe a greatly extended left limb with loop at the head. |  | Usage: yee woot very exaggerated left limb because of the position of the word on the top line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yff |  | Usage: hym |
 | Usage: Yee the scribe's 'y's vary little whether upper or lower case. | ||
| e | |||
 | Usage: broþ(er)e the scribe often leaves evidence of the beginning of the second stroke for 'e' as a horned protuberance above the letter. |  | Usage: man(er)e |
 | Usage: time |  | Usage: nedis on some folios the scribe uses mainly round 'e'. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þat thorn has a drooping lead-in stroke. |  | Usage: þen |
 | Usage: ȝit the tail of yogh is long and gently curved. |  | Usage: siȝte |
| v | |||
 | Usage: nevir the formation of the lead-in stroke of 'v' varies considerably as seen in these four examples. |  | Usage: have |
 | Usage: every flamboyant presentation on the top line. |  | Usage: vertu |