Scribal Profile Hand 1 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 25718 |
| Folios: | 1-40, 48-83 |
| Sampled Folios: | 7v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: that double compartment 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: Imaked |
 | Usage: A the scribe has several forms of upper case 'A'. The lower lobe is generally square. |  | Usage: And the head may be open as in version 3 or it may be a closed loop as in this example. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dyane 'd' is looped and sometimes has an angular and sometimes a rounded bowl. |  | Usage: naked where 'd' occurs in final position at the end of a line, the loop stroke is continued out into the margin. |
 | Usage: Depeinted upper case 'D' with triangular body and triangular head. |  | Usage: stood 'd' in which the upper loop is not completed leaving an open space in the interior of the graph. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: figure double compartment 'g' with oval upper lobe and triangular lower compartment. |  | Usage: redoutyng 'g' in final position is often tagged. |
 | Usage: height 'g' where the lower compartment is not completely closed. |  | Usage: huntynge |
| H | |||
 | Usage: his the stem of 'h' often has an angled foot. |  | Usage: hed the tail-stroke may be looped round back to the stem as in version 1, or it may curve slightly. |
 | Usage: Her upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: another the head stroke of 'h' dips at an angle to connect to the next graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: biforn long 'r' and modern 'r' alternate to no set pattern though long 'r' is in the majority and modern 'r' tends to be used in medial positions. Long 'r' is the preferred graph for initial and final positions. |  | Usage: agreued |
 | Usage: forth 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o'. |  | Usage: sterre |
| S | |||
 | Usage: his kidney-shaped 's' used most of the time in final position. |  | Usage: sterres 8-shaped 's' is used in both initial and final positions. |
 | Usage: sawe long 's' used initially and medially. |  | Usage: goddesse |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wer the scribe has a number of variant 'w' graphs. |  | Usage: With upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
 | Usage: yow 'w' with loops at the head. |  | Usage: wild a circular form of 'w' which resembles the form used by Hoccleve and which was more commonly used in the fourteenth century. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: dyane 'y' frequently has either a dot or a slash above it. |  | Usage: may |
 | Usage: dyane the tail stroke is much finer than the strokes used for the body of the graph. When the tail turns counter-clockwise, the scribe releases even more pressure and a very fine line may be seen tracing the original line of the descender. |  | Usage: Y mene upper case 'Y' at the beginning of a line. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þ(er) thorn is used occasionally. |  | Usage: þis the head of thorn is open. The stem is a short thick stroke. |
 | Usage: douȝter yogh is used on the folio examined as representative of 'gh'. |  | Usage: kauȝt |
| I | |||
 | Usage: Imaked the scribe uses several variations of the upper case 'I'. |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: I 'I' with shadow strokes as in the Plimpton manuscript. |  | Usage: I |