Scribal Profile Hand 2 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 10340 |
| Folios: | 41r |
| Sampled Folios: | 41r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: al this scribe made a copy of 'Truth' on f41r of the manuscript. He also added a memorial fragment of the description of the Parson's Tale from the Canterbury Tales. The hand is informal. Double compartment anglicana 'a' throughout. |  | Usage: added |
 | Usage: And upper case 'A' with square compartment and arching stroke which appears as a semi-circle over the body of the graph. |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: delyu(er)e 'd' is looped with a pointed lower lobe. |  | Usage: drede the lower compartment of the graph sits horizontally on the line. |
 | Usage: shepherd 'd' in final position is tagged. |  | Usage: Dau(n)te almost circular upper case 'D' with internal descender. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gost 'g' is always the double compartment anglicana type. The lower compartment is triangular in appearance. |  | Usage: pylgryme the lower compartment frequently has a tag protruding from the bottom right of the lower compartment. |
 | Usage: þing 'g' in final position usually has a final descending tag to finish. |  | Usage: wrestlyng a little difficult to see what is going on here. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hire 'h' is fairly evenly formed with looped head and a tapering limb which descends vertically from the shoulder. |  | Usage: vache this particular copy of 'Truth' has an envoy to Vache as the final stanza. |
 | Usage: hys |  | Usage: Here 'H' as the first letter of the line. Sometimes the upper case 'H' has a loop to the left of the shaft. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ferrest long 'r' is used in all positions except after 'o'. |  | Usage: pore 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o'. |
 | Usage: her 'r' in final position is sometimes flourished probably to represent a missing final 'e'. |  | Usage: Reule |
| S | |||
 | Usage: shal long 's' is always used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: Prees 6-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
 | Usage: godnesse |  | Usage: Sauoure upper case 'S' occurs several times and is usually decorated with either a single or a double slash. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wiþ the scribe's 'w' is fairly consistent with left limb angled out to the left and middle arm looped over at the head. |  | Usage: what there is occasional variation. |
 | Usage: folwed |  | Usage: Were 'W' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: tykelnesse 'y' is usually dotted. |  | Usage: Clymbyng a current form of 'y' which appears almost as an 'n' with curving tail turning counter-clockwise to finish. |
 | Usage: Holy |  | Usage: hym |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: soþefastnesse thorn is used on many occasions as a replacement for 'th'. |  | Usage: couþe |
 | Usage: nouȝt yogh is also used frequently. |  | Usage: aȝeyns |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Tempest an interesting version of upper case 'T'. |  | Usage: Clymbyng hairline stroke to connect the two elements of the graph with diagonal dash from the centre of the hairline. |
 | Usage: Knowe upper case 'K'. 'L' and 'H' (sometimes) have either an angled stroke to the left of the stem as here, or a more looped version. |  | Usage: But current form of upper case 'B' which is easily confused with 'D'. |
| Serendipity | |||
 | Usage: trust where 't', 'f', 'k' and sometimes 'g' occur at the end of a word, the scribe often attaches a short descending tag to the cross-bar. |  | Usage: wolf |
 | Usage: þonk |  | Usage: Ampersand ampersand usually has a curved stroke above. |