Scribal Profile Hammond Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 13. London, British Library, MS Harley 78 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library, MS Harley 78 |
| Sampled Folios: | 3r |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: Igadred single compartment 'a'. |  | Usage: A upper case 'A'. |
 | Usage: Al | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: wyde |  | Usage: howsed final 'd' frequently has a tag to finish. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: garnementis |  | Usage: gaped the lower lobe of 'g' is frequently oval in shape and larger than the upper lobe. |
 | Usage: wrought | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: chirche first 'h' in the word. The scribe uses mainly this version of 'h' with looped head and straight limb. |  | Usage: With 'h' frequently crossed when following 't'. |
 | Usage: hond tail-stroke is looped round and returns to connect with the following graph. |  | Usage: Howsed upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: arches 'z'-shaped 'r' is used almost exclusively in medial and final position. |  | Usage: other long 'r' used at the end of a line. |
 | Usage: ferre long 'r' is used four times on this folio, twice as a double letter, as here, once as in version 3 and once within a word. |  | Usage: Rent upper case 'R' is used where 'r' is the initial letter of a word. An examination of other examples of text by this scribe would be required to see whether this was his normal practice. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: wyndows the ink on this folio is very degraded but this kidney-shaped 's' occurs in final position. All final 's's are kidney shaped on this folio. |  | Usage: semyliche 6-shaped 's' occurs in initial position. |
 | Usage: housed long 's' used in medial position. The stem of 's' is almost bulbous, tapering at the top. Long 's' is also used in initial position occasionally. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: wondirly 'w' with approach stroke. The right element of 'w' is a single lobe on all occasions. |  | Usage: with 'w' without approach stroke. |
 | Usage: With initial 'W' at the beginning of a line with approach stroke. The left limb extends to twice the height of the rest of the graph. |  | Usage: With upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line with minimal approach stroke. Both versions 3 and 4 are used randomly. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: wondirly |  | Usage: nys 'y' with short tail. |
 | Usage: gay the length of the tail of 'y' varies. | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Of the decorative line which bisects the graph extends above the graph. |  | Usage: Nold |
 | Usage: Corven |  | Usage: I |
| s, f and p | |||
 | Usage: sides the head stroke of long 's' extends above several letters. |  | Usage: lofte the head stroke of 'f' extends above several letters. |
 | Usage: vpon | Usage: was pillered | |