Scribal Profile Hand 1 | |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS HM 28561 |
| Folios: | ff1-78a, line 5 and then back and forth with second until f123 which he writes entirely but then doesn't appear again. |
| Sampled Folios: | 14r |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: may straight-sided 'a' with horizontal cross-bar is used almost exclusively, though see version 4. |  | Usage: and |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: and a single example of single compartment 'a' found on the folio examined. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: doute 'd' is always looped and the lower lobe may have an angular appearance. |  | Usage: hadde |
 | Usage: bakward 'd' in final position is sometimes tagged. |  | Usage: dide |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goddes secretary 'g' with horned head is used almost exclusively, but see version 3. |  | Usage: standyng 'g' in final position is often tagged with vertical stroke. |
 | Usage: holdyng as with 'a' there is a single example of double compartment 'g' on the folio examined. |  | Usage: gregorie |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hertis 'h' may or may not have an angled foot at the base of the stem. |  | Usage: heeste there is no significant extension of the stroke from the limb to form a tail. |
 | Usage: nameliche |  | Usage: Here a more angled head-stroke for the upper case graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: resou(n)s long 'r' is used almost all the time in every position. |  | Usage: mynystr 'r' in final position with flourish, perhaps denoting a missing final 'e'. |
 | Usage: wordes 'z'-shaped 'r' seems to be used only after 'o'. |  | Usage: vnderstonde an occasional use of modern 'r'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: seint long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: was kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: successour when 'ss' is used, both graphs are more or less the same height and length. |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wiþ 'w' appears in two forms. Here both limbs are straight with a starting lip at the head of each stroke. |  | Usage: yow in this example, the limbs are curved with closed loops at the head. |
 | Usage: wiþdrawe |  | Usage: alwey |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Ayens 'y' is undotted. The length and curvature of the tail does vary. |  | Usage: myne |
 | Usage: symple |  | Usage: say |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: wiþ thorn is used frequently for all occasions to replace 'th'. |  | Usage: þei the stem of thorn is set at a slant. |
 | Usage: Iȝeue yogh is used as equivalent of both 'y' and 'gh'. |  | Usage: nouȝt |