Scribal Profile Hammond Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 6. London, British Library MS Harley 2251 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 2251 |
| Identification: | Notes made by John Stow |
| Folios: | 1-293 |
| Sampled Folios: | 2v, 63v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: makith single compartment 'a' is used throughout. The scribe uses a mixture of anglicana and secretary graphs. |  | Usage: Albyoun upper case double-lobed 'A'. |
 | Usage: Caane | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: Normandye looped 'd' is used throughout. |  | Usage: Beryed 'd' in final position almost always has the attached tag. |
 | Usage: Distroyed the scribe employs two different forms of upper case 'D'. This 'D' occurs at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: Duk upper case 'D' for 'Duk'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: Reigned double compartment 'g' is used throughout. |  | Usage: writyng as with 'd', when 'g' is used in final position it always has an attached sloping tag. |
 | Usage: Gan |  | Usage: godward 'g' in initial position. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: had the form of 'h' is consistent. The limb is generally straight. |  | Usage: makith in the 'th' and 'gh' combinations, 'h' is usually crossed, whereas in the 'ght' combination, no crossed 'h' is visible on this folio. |
 | Usage: His upper case letter at the beginning of a line. The only difference between this and the lower case graph is in the looping extension clockwise of the tail. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: right 'z'-shaped 'r' used in every position. There is only one example of long 'r' on this folio as seen in version 2. |  | Usage: herry the only instance of long 'r' on this folio. |
 | Usage: Redyng upper case 'R' with approach stroke to the angled stem. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: bokes sigma 's' used in final position. |  | Usage: sone the head-stroke of 's' arches over several letters. |
 | Usage: possessioun two pairs of long 's's. Note that the second 's' is much taller than the first in each case. |  | Usage: Steph(e)n |
| W | |||
 | Usage: Crowne 'w' comprises a double 'v'. |  | Usage: Wynchestre possibly the scribe's upper case 'W' for the name of the town. The left limb is slightly taller than the rest of the graph. |
 | Usage: Whos upper case letter at the beginning of a line. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: kyng |  | Usage: Cronycle sometimes the tail of 'y' is very short. |
 | Usage: Yeeris the beginning of a line with 'Y' in upper case position. | ||
| Flourishes | |||
 | Usage: mencioun a very idiosyncratic flourish on 'n'. It does not stand as a macron for a missing 'u' so appears to be an entirely flamboyant rendering by the scribe. |  | Usage: Albyoun |
 | Usage: possessioun |  | Usage: successioun |
| N and C | |||
 | Usage: Next upper case 'N' is quite individual. |  | Usage: Nyntene |
 | Usage: Croniclere upper case 'C' with detached head-stroke and 'tongue' stroke in the centre of the graph. |  | Usage: Crowne |