Scribal Profile Hand 2 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Egerton 2864 |
| Identification: | Probably the same scribe copying at a different time: see Mosser 2010 |
| Folios: | 274 mid-page - 341 |
| Sampled Folios: | 276r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: a single compartment 'a' used as the lower case graph. |  | Usage: Also upper case 'A' is used to begin phrases, as the indefinite article, for some verbs and also as the initial letter of nouns. |
 | Usage: ma + (flourish) 'a' with flourish for abbreviation of the word 'man', an abbreviation also used by Hand 1 of this manuscript. | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: Vnkyndely the simple form of unlooped 'd' is used in the majority of cases on this folio. |  | Usage: god 'd' with loop is used rarely on this folio but does occur occasionally, mainly in final position. |
 | Usage: conceyvid 'd' in final position with tag. |  | Usage: did example showing both looped and unlooped 'd'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god secretary 'g' with reverse flick of the tail-stroke. |  | Usage: thorough the tail of 'g' descends in a more or less straight line from the body of the graph. |
 | Usage: sweryng 'g' in final position with flourish, perhaps for a missing 'e'. | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: hir initial 'h' with head-loop resting on the shoulder. |  | Usage: homecyde initial 'h' with open head-stroke. This 'h' is frequently found after 's'. |
 | Usage: thought crossed 'h' in 'ght' combination. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: Attry thick angled stroke for modern 'r' with detached head-stroke. |  | Usage: morder 'r' in final position with flourish. |
 | Usage: drynkes 'z'-shaped 'r' is used frequently after 'o', 'u', 'e' and 'a'. Also used after round-bodied consonants. |  | Usage: for long otiose stroke on 'z'-shaped 'r'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: ellis sigma 's' is used initially and in final position. |  | Usage: sleith tiny approach stroke to the graph can be seen on the left of the shaft. |
 | Usage: expresse double 'ss' and double 'ff' have stems which frequently diverge. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: which 'w' with looped head is used almost exclusively on this folio. |  | Usage: halowes 'w' with unlooped head-strokes is hardly ever used on this folio. |
 | Usage: sweryng |  | Usage: workes |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: barreyn the scribe uses two main types of 'y', this one with a curved tail and version 2 with a straighter tail. |  | Usage: vnkyndely |
 | Usage: shryfte it is possible to see the faint trail of an extended tail on 'y'. |  | Usage: wordely when in final position in the line, the scribe allows himself licence to extend the tail of 'y' into the right margin. |
| I | |||
 | Usage: Ire very similar formation to 'I' by Hand 1 in this manuscript. |  | Usage: Idyll |
| v | |||
 | Usage: divers 'v' very similar to that of Hand 1. |  | Usage: vnnethe |