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Scribal Profile Hand 1 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library, MS Harley 3869 |
| Identification: | May be hands 1 and 2 |
| Folios: | 5r-356v |
| Sampled Folios: | 34r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: anon single compartment 'a' with square lobe. |  | Usage: also |
 | Usage: whas single compartment 'a' with rounded lobe. |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dar both looped and unlooped 'd's are used. They alternate to no particular plan but unlooped 'd' is used most frequently. |  | Usage: desplesed (first d) where looped 'd' is used, it is more often in initial position, though it can also be used occasionally in medial and final positions. |
 | Usage: lady |  | Usage: god |
| G | |||
 | Usage: grucche tailed 'g' is used almost all the time. |  | Usage: oghne the single occurrence of anglicana 'g' on the folio examined. |
 | Usage: þogh tailed 'g' is consistently formed. |  | Usage: strengþe |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hertes 'h' may have a looped head or it may be left open. |  | Usage: what the limb of 'h' is often short, finishing in line with the lower part of the stem. |
 | Usage: noght 'h' in the combination 'ght' is crossed. |  | Usage: Hast the upper case graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rede modern 'r' is used throughout in all positions except after 'o'. |  | Usage: ferr |
 | Usage: fortune 'z'-shaped 'r' only appears after 'o' on the folio examined. |  | Usage: Regis an upper case 'R' in the rubric. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: soffre long 's' is used in all initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: hertes kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
 | Usage: vnbuxomnesse |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wol looped 'w' with 'B'-shaped element to the right is used consistently throughout. |  | Usage: was |
 | Usage: Now the middle loop of 'w' stands above the elements on either side. |  | Usage: Whan the upper case version is exactly the same as the lower case. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: pleinly although not represented in the 'y's shown here, 'y' is occasionally dotted. |  | Usage: heuy |
 | Usage: myhte |  | Usage: many sometimes the tail of 'y' returns and ends above the body of the graph. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: Wiþ the stem of thorn is thick and set at a slant. |  | Usage: telleþ thorn is used on all occasions for 'th' except where 'Th' begins a line. |
 | Usage: ȝe on the folio examined, yogh is used as equivalent to 'y'. |  | Usage: ȝoure |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: Bot |
 | Usage: Confessor |  | Usage: Of |