Scribal Profile Delamere Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 2. Tokyo, Professor Takamiya of Keio University MS 32 |
| Current Manuscript: | Tokyo, Takamiya Collection MS 32 |
| Sampled Folios: | 25v, 97r, 107v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: all the scribe uses mainly double compartment 'a'. |  | Usage: That but single compartment 'a' is also in his repertoire. |
 | Usage: As |  | Usage: And a much more unusual upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dowte the loop of 'd' is often bigger than the lobe of the letter. |  | Usage: dowghtty |
 | Usage: Drynkiht |  | Usage: hadde |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gelows double compartment 'g' with flattened lower lobe. |  | Usage: strongge the lower compartments of these 'g's are set at an angle. |
 | Usage: Gone | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: his 'h' often has a foot at the base of the stem. The head stroke is hooked. |  | Usage: hym 'h' and 'l' frequently have an extra wing on the left side of the stem. |
 | Usage: deeht the scribe frequently uses 'ht' for 'th'. |  | Usage: Iohn the scribe does not cross 'h' very often. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: graunte on the three folios examined, the scribe only uses long 'r' in medial positions. |  | Usage: over modern 'r' is used in all positions but always in final position as here, and frequently with upturn of the final stroke. |
 | Usage: Ryght more often than not, when the initial letter of a word is 'r', an upper case 'R' is used. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: save sigma 's' used in both initial and final positions. |  | Usage: blesse long 's' used medially. |
 | Usage: Schulle |  | Usage: Soo an elaborate serpentine upper case 'S'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whanne |  | Usage: lowe |
 | Usage: What 'W' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. In this position, the left arm of the letter frequently extends left into the margin. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yee the tail of 'y' usually descends at the same angle from the body of the graph. |  | Usage: my the tail is long and curves back upwards counter-clockwise parallel with the descending stroke. |
 | Usage: manye |  | Usage: pytously |