Scribal Profile Hammond Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 11. London, British Library, MS Arundel 59 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library, MS Arundel 59 |
| Folios: | 1-130 |
| Sampled Folios: | 8v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment 'a' is used throughout on this folio with little variation in shape. |  | Usage: A |
 | Usage: Amend upper case graph with elongated upper lobe. | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: brode the scribe always uses looped 'd' although he uses other graphs which are secretary in style. |  | Usage: yerd where 'd' is in final position it almost always has a vertical tag. |
 | Usage: Do the scribe's upper case graph for 'D'. |  | Usage: goddis |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goddis 'g' with typical tag on the top right side of the lower lobe. The lower compartment is much larger than the upper compartment. |  | Usage: nought a typical 'ght' combination. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: this typical 'h' graph with triangular looped head and vertical limb. |  | Usage: cloth 'h' is usually crossed after 't'. |
 | Usage: He the upper case graph with long limb and tail-stroke turning clockwise and looping back to connect with the following graph. |  | Usage: honour as in version 3 the scribe has looped the tail of 'h' to join on to the next letter. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: prow the scribe mostly uses 'z'-shaped 'r' in all positions. |  | Usage: array long double 'r' is used several times on this folio. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: this kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. |  | Usage: shal sigma 's' is used as well as long 's' in initial position and it is also used in medial position which is unusual. |
 | Usage: excessif |  | Usage: Suche |
| W | |||
 | Usage: yowre 'w' in the middle of a word with extended left arm, perhaps because the word is on the top line. |  | Usage: yowre 'w' with curved approach stroke. |
 | Usage: What upper case letter at the beginning of a line with curved approach stroke to the extended left limb. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yowre the tail of 'y' is not usually very long. |  | Usage: array |
 | Usage: verray | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Be |  | Usage: Loven |
 | Usage: In |  | Usage: Vnto |
| s and p | |||
 | Usage: suche a distinctive feature of the Hammond Scribe's hand is the extended head-stroke of long 's'. It frequently arches above several graphs, sometimes above several words. |  | Usage: sumwhat |
 | Usage: slevis vp another typical Hammond Scribe graph. The fine tail of 'p' is always at a slant. |  | Usage: nought sprede |