Scribal Profile Hand 1 | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Arch. Selden B.24 |
| Identification: | May be james Gray |
| Folios: | 1-209v |
| Sampled Folios: | 1r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: a single compartment secretary 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: solas the two sides of the graph are connected by a hairline stroke. |
 | Usage: may |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: drope the scribe mixes secretary and anglicana forms, so although unlooped 'd' is used on most occasions, looped 'd' also puts in an appearance occasionally. |  | Usage: and looped 'd' in final position. |
 | Usage: goddess |  | Usage: double from the top line of verse with the illumination tangling with the stem of 'd'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goddess secretary tailed 'g' with horizontal cross-stroke at the head. |  | Usage: loving occasionally the head of the down-stroke at the right of the graph stands well above the lobe. Here, in final position, the horizontal cross-stroke at the head has a tag attached. |
 | Usage: wight |  | Usage: grete the down-stroke frequently begins above the body of the graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: helpeth 'h' may have a wide closed head-loop which returns to the shoulder. |  | Usage: schald the loop may also be a continuation from the previous graph. |
 | Usage: preyeth crossed 'h' after 't'. |  | Usage: Haue upper case graph at the beginning of a line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: drery 'r' is mainly 'z'-shaped. |  | Usage: darr |
 | Usage: endure |  | Usage: Reme(m)breth upper case 'R', difficult to entangle at the beginning of a line. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: solas long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: cas kidney-shaped 's' and sigma 's' are used in final position. |
 | Usage: gladness(e) the thick downward curving stroke to follow 's' is not expanded into 'e'. |  | Usage: Suich |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wo again a mixture of anglicana and secretary 'w's on this folio. |  | Usage: how |
 | Usage: wight an initial 'w' with curved approach stroke to begin. |  | Usage: sorowing image to show the size of 'w' in the middle of a word, compared with the size of surrounding graphs. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Troylus a distinctive 'y' with parallel strokes to form the body and a tail which curves counter-clockwise immediately without any form of clockwise movement. |  | Usage: peyne |
 | Usage: preyeth |  | Usage: my |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þt thorn is only used for the contraction of 'that'. But 'th' is also used for the same word. |  | Usage: þt |
 | Usage: ȝow yogh is used as representative of the 'y' sound. |  | Usage: ȝe |
| Problem e's | |||
 | Usage: louers 'e' is frequently formed from two separate strokes. The back, or stem of the graph is attached to the previous letter and the head-stroke, is separate and connects with the following graph. |  | Usage: chere |
 | Usage: compleyne |  | Usage: spede here, the down-stroke of 'd' closes off the semi-circular head-stroke of 'e'. |