Scribal Profile Equatorie scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. Cambridge, Peterhouse MS 75, Part 1 |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Peterhouse MS 75, Part 1 |
| Sampled Folios: | 71v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: a double compartment 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: May 'a' is sometimes set at a slight tilt when joining on to the next graph. |
 | Usage: a sometimes the head of 'a' is flattened. |  | Usage: fraccio(u)ns 'a' may appear misshapen at times. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: diametre looped 'd' is used invariably. |  | Usage: turned 'd' in final position with loop curving back over the previous graph. |
 | Usage: Middel |  | Usage: deuyded |
| G | |||
 | Usage: glewed double compartment anglicana 'g' is always used. The lower compartment is set slightly ahead of the upper compartment. |  | Usage: largere 'g' is also tilted slightly. Here the horizontal slash from the upper lobe slants upwards to join the head of 'e'. |
 | Usage: geometrical | Usage: egges a word in the gutter so difficult to see clearly. There are few 'g's on this folio. | |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hole the stem of 'h' is straight with head-loop forming a triangular shape. The head-loops on 'l', 'b' and 'k' are similarly formed. |  | Usage: stondith 'h' in final position with tail unusually turning counter-clockwise to finish. |
 | Usage: what sometimes the tail of 'h' sweeps beneath the previous graph. |  | Usage: p(ar)chemyn the 'ch' combination. The bottom of the head-loop lies across the shoulder. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: crist long 'r' used throughout in every position except after 'o'. |  | Usage: yer 'r' in final position. |
 | Usage: bord 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o'. The descending otiose stroke to finish emanates from the right corner of the lower stroke and descends back at an angle below previous graphs, ending in a small curl. |  | Usage: Rownde upper case 'R' used in the middle of a sentence for no apparent reason. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: smale sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. In initial position it frequently drops below the lower level of following graphs. |  | Usage: shal long 's' is also used in initial and medial positions. |
 | Usage: this sigma 's' in final position. The strokes frequently cross at the head. |  | Usage: vernissed |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whiche the left limb of 'w' is looped with loop returning to the limb stroke. The right limb has a head-stroke which is often open, curving to the right above the final 'B'-shaped element. |  | Usage: bownde sometimes the 'w' is almost circular. |
 | Usage: shaltow 'w' in final position. |  | Usage: wt the scribe often abbreviates 'with'. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yif |  | Usage: by 'y' in final position with a short turn of the tail counter-clockwise. The tail may be straight or turn briefly as in this example. |
 | Usage: lymbe the two arms of 'y' do not connect and the tail is straight. |  | Usage: y' is sometimes dotted. |
| Thorn and Wedge Punctuation | |||
 | Usage: þt |  | Usage: þt the only thorns on the folio examined are for the abbreviation of 'that'. |
 | Usage: p(er)petuel. // tak the wedge-shaped inverted triangle or paragraphus is rarely found in the manuscripts consulted. It is associated with Chaucer in the Hengwrt and Ellesmere copies of the 'Canterbury Tales' copied by Adam Pinkhurst and may be a form used by Chaucer himself. |  | Usage: polised // of the paragraphus generally marks the beginning of a new sententia. |
| e | |||
 | Usage: the 'e' in final position has a variety of forms. Here the 'e' is circular. |  | Usage: seide final 'e' with tongue-like extension. |
 | Usage: cercle an example to show how far the tongue may extend. |  | Usage: euene a perfectly normal final 'e' with not extensions. |