Scribal Profile Hand 2 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 1239 |
| Folios: | 15-33v; 35-62v |
| Sampled Folios: | 22v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: al with the provisos set out under version 2, the scribe uses only this secretary 'a' as a lower case letter. This scribe begins copying a line of verse just above the line. As the copying progresses the words slope upwards even further away from the line. |  | Usage: armes anglicana 'a' similar to one of the scribe's upper case A's. As the initial letter of a noun, this may have been intended as an upper case 'A'. The scribe does use other upper case letters for no apparent reason throughout the text on this folio. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: And the word occurs mid-line, but as it is the top line on the folio, several of the letters are decorative or otherwise not the regular shape. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dyen looped 'd' used throughout on this folio. However. the scribe does have an unlooped version. |  | Usage: redde |
 | Usage: Deiphebus upper case 'D' for name. |  | Usage: Deliu(er)ed upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: glade almost all the scribe's 'g's have tails which rest on the line. Only rarely does the tail fall below the line. The scribe copies most of the text at a distance above the line. |  | Usage: thing 'g' in final position with tag. |
 | Usage: Right |  | Usage: warnyng last word of the line with flourish on final 'g'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: his the limb is gently curved, the short tail-stroke just grazes the line. |  | Usage: wych crossed 'h' in 'ch' combination. |
 | Usage: Ryght 'ght' combination on the top line of a stanza. Again the 'h' is crossed when following 'g'. |  | Usage: hert the scribe does not appear to have a specific form of upper case 'H'. This word appears on the top line of the folio where other initial letters of words are decorated. This may therefore represent the scribe's more elaborate 'h'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: bettur modern 'r' used occasionally. |  | Usage: trewly 'z'-shaped 'r' used in medial and final position. |
 | Usage: recouur long 'r' used in all positions. |  | Usage: Ryght upper case 'R' used in initial positions not only at the beginning of lines. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: This kidney-shaped 's' always used in final position and always with extra descending vertical tag. |  | Usage: Pandarus sigma 's' also used in final position. |
 | Usage: shal long 's' in initial position. The lead-in stroke is visible here though not always. Long 's' used in initial and medial positions. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: draweth the scribe uses this rounded loop-headed 'w' within a word. |  | Usage: wyth the scribe uses this 'w' with an approach stroke for the initial letter of a word. |
 | Usage: wende the initial letter of a word on the first line of a stanza. |  | Usage: owne this exaggerated form of 'w' also occurs in the first line of a stanza and is therefore given more prominence. However, as a letter within a word, the 'w' is of the more rounded form. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: shortly there is little variation in 'y'. |  | Usage: Your 'y' as the first letter of a line. |
| Decorative Features on top lines of stanzas | |||
 | Usage: dere |  | Usage: And al |
 | Usage: lat hir |  | Usage: kyste |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Beth |  | Usage: Cupide |
 | Usage: Pandarus |  | Usage: Eleyne |