Scribal Profile Hand 2 | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 25718 |
| Folios: | 41-47 |
| Sampled Folios: | 47r (except for the top three lines) |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as this scribe mingles secretary forms with those of anglicana. Here the double compartment 'a' which sometimes occurs in the same word with the single compartment version of the graph. |  | Usage: and single compartment 'a' with hair-line at the head to close. |
 | Usage: akart both forms of 'a' used in this example. |  | Usage: Amonge the upper case version of the graph. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: demonstratyue 'd' is looped and very similar to the 'd' of the first hand. |  | Usage: whed(er) the lobe may be very angular as in the first version, or smoother as it is here. |
 | Usage: and angular lower lobe and triangular head. |  | Usage: del(e)d |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god 'g' is an odd graph with the lower compartment frequently lop-sided or squashed in appearance. |  | Usage: bryng a short downward tag on this 'g' in final position. |
 | Usage: ryght |  | Usage: brynge distorted form of the lower compartment. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: he the stem of 'h' generally does not have an angled foot as is seen in the upper case version 4. |  | Usage: shal the limb is short and curves gently. |
 | Usage: cloth crossed 'h' in final position in a word when following 't'. The scribe also crosses double 'l'. |  | Usage: How upper case version of 'H' with foot. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ryght long 'r' is used in all positions throughout. |  | Usage: your 'r' in final position frequently has a flourish. |
 | Usage: freres on this folio, 'z'-shaped 'r' only follows 'o' and 'f' as here! |  | Usage: lord |
| S | |||
 | Usage: seint long 's' is most frequently used in initial position. It is also used medially. |  | Usage: his sigma 's' is used in both initial and final positions. |
 | Usage: sette rare to find sigma 's' in initial position on this folio. It may be the scribe's more usual practise elsewhere. |  | Usage: Shal |
| W | |||
 | Usage: when 'w' occurs with several variations. Here the left limb has a distinct foot and the head of the stroke curls over to close on the second. |  | Usage: whele both arms left open at the head. |
 | Usage: worthynesse(s) here the left arm has a sweeping approach stroke to begin. |  | Usage: Withouten |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: lay a wider curve on the tail of 'y' than that of the first scribe. |  | Usage: bely |
 | Usage: hy(m) the left limb is mainly a vertical line, but occasionally it is found at a slight angle as in the next example. |  | Usage: Your |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þen thorn is not used frequently but is used for demonstratives and the definite article. There is a single example of its use as a verb ending. |  | Usage: þis |
 | Usage: brouȝt yogh is used as equivalent of both 'y' and 'gh'. |  | Usage: ȝoure |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Let |  | Usage: Tell |
 | Usage: By |  | Usage: I |