Scribal Profile Hand 2 | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 149 |
| Identification: | Unknown |
| Folios: | 24r-37r, 38r (from line 4)-44r |
| Sampled Folios: | 38r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: may single compartment 'a' used most of the time. However, there are variations, as may be seen in version 4. |  | Usage: countenaunce a square-shaped lobe for this 'a'. |
 | Usage: After upper case letter at the beginning of aline. |  | Usage: all armed the scribe occasionally slips in a double compartment 'a'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: devise rounded looped 'd'. |  | Usage: thrid 'd' in final position with long descending tag. |
 | Usage: mynde 'd' with lower lobe of slightly different shape. |  | Usage: hande the loop of 'd' sometimes extends back over previous graphs. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: glasse double compartment 'g' used throughout. The lower compartment is sometimes triangular in shape. |  | Usage: gawayn 'g' is basically 8-shaped but the lower compartment is sometimes set at a slope. |
 | Usage: thing(is) 'g' with the addition of the abbreviative mark for a plural ending. |  | Usage: highe |
| H | |||
 | Usage: the 'h' with tall triangular head-loop and sweeping tail which curves round under the graph. |  | Usage: holde |
 | Usage: amounteth 'h' is almost always crossed in the combination 'th'. |  | Usage: speche |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reporten long 'r' is always used in initial position. |  | Usage: after 'z'-shaped 'r' is always used after vowels. |
 | Usage: Ther(e) long 'r' with flourish in final position. |  | Usage: myrour(e) |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sewes sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: side long 's' is used initially and medially. The graph frequently slopes backwards slightly as does the 'f' graph. |
 | Usage: brasse long 's' used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: Salute |
| W | |||
 | Usage: will 'w' is looped and has the 'B'-shaped element to finish. |  | Usage: sworde |
 | Usage: wasse occasionally the middle loop is left open. |  | Usage: Wt at the beginning of a line so possibly an upper case graph shape? |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ys as with the first hand, the tail of 'y' is long, turning counter-clockwise and continuing beneath the following graphs. |  | Usage: may |
 | Usage: rynge the scribe has a tendency to slope the left arm of the letter backwards. |  | Usage: Yf the first letter of a line and so could be considered an upper case graph which is exactly the same as the lower case example. |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þs thorn plus a superscript letter or an abbreviative mark is used in the examples shown here. Thorn does not appear to be used in any other capacity on this folio. |  | Usage: þt |
 | Usage: þe |  | Usage: þ(er) |