Scribal Profile Hand 2 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Royal 18 C.II |
| Folios: | 237-271 |
| Sampled Folios: | 238r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: man secretary 'a' used throughout in lower case positions. |  | Usage: And upper case 'A'. |
 | Usage: Ambrose | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: cleped 'd' upright and contained with rounded upper and lower compartments. |  | Usage: lord 'd' in final position with tag. |
 | Usage: don 'd' with loop arching back. |  | Usage: And 'd' with pointed lower lobe. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gult 'g' shown with following letter. The 'g' is set quite high in relation to following letters. 'g' is double compartment with both rounded and diamond-shaped lobes. |  | Usage: þyng 'g' in final position with tag. |
 | Usage: þyng(es) 'g' with 'es' abbreviation. |  | Usage: þyng tailed secretary 'g' with tail turning counter-clockwise. Secretary 'g' is used little on this folio. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: herte the scribe frequently turns the tail-stroke to the right. |  | Usage: how occasionally his 'h' is more conventional with tail-stroke tucked away beneath the body of the graph. |
 | Usage: mouth 'th' combination with crossed 'h'. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: fructuous both modern 'r' and long 'r' are used. |  | Usage: refrisshyng the initial letter of this word. |
 | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'o'. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: fructuous kidney-shaped 's' in final position. |  | Usage: satisfaccion lower case 's' would be expected for this word but the graph is the same as the scribe's upper case version. Long 's' is more usual in initial position. |
 | Usage: Standeth upper case 'S' for beginning of a phrase. |  | Usage: self long 's' is often quite a thick stroke copied at a slight angle to the rest of the letters. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wol pyramid-shaped 'w's in various configurations. |  | Usage: sorweth the central element always stands above the ones to left and right. |
 | Usage: wey | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: comyn the tail of 'y' is long, angling first clockwise then turning counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: way the tail of 'y' in final position is frequently taken up and above the letter finishing with a hook. |
 | Usage: v(er)ray | ||
| e | |||
 | Usage: heuene each of the three 'e's in this word are formed in this way with an up-standing stroke which forms the second part of the letter. |  | Usage: whiche closed circular 'e'. |
 | Usage: penitence a faint stroke may be seen joining to the following 'n'. | ||
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þat the stem of thorn is usually set at an angle with the head of the stroke tilting backwards. |  | Usage: þ(er) thorn with 'er' abbreviation attached. |
 | Usage: ȝow yogh used as representative of the 'y' sound. |  | Usage: riȝt yogh used as representative of the gutteral sound. |