Scribal Profile Double-v Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Dugdale 45 (SC 6533) |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Dugdale 45 |
| Folios: | 1-98 |
| Sampled Folios: | 15v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment secretary 'a' with hair-line stroke to close at the head. |  | Usage: tale a horned effect at the head of some 'a' graphs. |
 | Usage: age |  | Usage: And the scribe's upper case 'A' with or without loop at the lower left. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: depe 'd' is generally consistently formed with upper loop and pointed extension to the lower lobe where the hair-line begins. |  | Usage: remedied the first 'd' in this word. |
 | Usage: remedied final 'd' frequently has an extended flourish to finish. |  | Usage: gidd the first 'd' is a more squashed version of the usual graph. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gracious secretary 'g' with horizontal bar across the head. The tail in this example follows round in clockwise fashion. |  | Usage: lenger the scribe frequently turns the tail of 'g' counter-clockwise to finish. |
 | Usage: grace the tail of 'g' is extended to connect with the following graph. |  | Usage: Guerdoned upper case 'G' with added vertical line beginning above the head of the graph and descending to the centre. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: haue 'h' is slightly tilted with arched head-stroke which connects back to the shoulder of the graph. |  | Usage: sharp in some examples, there is a slight foot at the base of the ascender and the tail from the limb turns counter-clockwise. |
 | Usage: which 'h' is crossed in this example when following 'c'. |  | Usage: Hath upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. The head-stroke is open and arches over the following graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: y rotid modern 'r' used in all positions except where 'z'-shaped 'r' is selected. A curled approach-stroke in this example. |  | Usage: Eschequer 'r' in final position. |
 | Usage: Guerdoned 'z'-shaped 'r' is used frequently after most vowels and also after round-bodied graphs. The head is not always horned. |  | Usage: futur 'r' in final position with flourish. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: special long 's' used initially and medially. The stalk is thick with finer hook at the head. |  | Usage: lives kidney-shaped 's' always used in final position. |
 | Usage: shete the head-stroke connects into the following graph. |  | Usage: Suffisauntly upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: was the scribe has two forms of 'w', this cursive form and the version seen in the second example. |  | Usage: how a 'w' formed from two separate 'v's, hence the name for this scribe as 'the double 'v' scribe'. |
 | Usage: ynowȝ |  | Usage: Whan upper case 'W' at the beginning of the first line of verse. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yelde the tail of 'y' may be short as here or longer as in the following examples. |  | Usage: ynow 'y' may also be dotted. |
 | Usage: Myȝte there is usually a small curled approach stroke to the left limb. Here, the tail of 'y' is taken up to connect with the next graph. |  | Usage: Yf 'Y' in initial position in the line. The upper case graph is no different from the lower case one. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þus the stem of thorn is usually curved and tapering with curled approach-stroke, The lobe is positioned in the middle of the stem. |  | Usage: þt abbreviation of 'that' with superscript 't' positioned in the v-shaped space formed between stem and lobe. |
 | Usage: nyȝ yogh used for 'gh'. |  | Usage: affraieȝ yogh used for the 'z' sound of the plural. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Tel upper case 'T' with dot decoration. |  | Usage: Mi |
 | Usage: Eschequer an angular shape for 'E' with hair-line connector at the head. |  | Usage: It a curved and tapering stroke for 'I' with curled approach stroke and decorative red dots on the stem. |