Scribal Profile Hand 3 | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 163 |
| Identification: | Unknown |
| Folios: | 20-42 |
| Sampled Folios: | 23r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: a the scribe has a simple secretary 'a'. |  | Usage: saide he also has variations with horned feature at the head and an extension from the left corner of the square lobe. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: red both looped and unlooped 'd' are used by the scribe. The lobe of unlooped 'd' is a diamond shape. |  | Usage: doune looped 'd' also has an angular lobe. |
 | Usage: ded looped and unlooped versions used in the same word. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: game a simple secretary tailed 'g'. |  | Usage: gan 'g' with reverse flick of the tail stroke. |
 | Usage: thoght where 'ght' are in combination, there is often an arching stroke above the three letters rather than a specific crossing of the 'h'. |  | Usage: Gan upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: whiche (first 'h'). The 'h' graph is evenly formed, generally with a shortish limb and often with an open head-stroke. |  | Usage: thoght another 'ght' combination, here with dot beneath the curved stroke over the letters. |
 | Usage: swich in the combination 'ch' or 'th', the 'h' is often crossed. |  | Usage: His the arch of the head-stroke is mirrored by the sweep of the tail. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: red modern 'r' is used in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: Crisseide 'z'-shaped 'r' is used not only after 'o'. |
 | Usage: hir the single example of long 'r' on this folio. |  | Usage: Right upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: was horned 's' used in final position. |  | Usage: self long 's' is used initially and medially. There is usually a fine otiose stroke angled down from the tip of the head-stroke. |
 | Usage: prouesse the scribe's graphs are well-controlled. When 'ss' occurs, the first 's' is not as tall as the second letter. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: wax a cursive 'w' in initial position but not an upper case letter. |  | Usage: How 'w' in final position. |
 | Usage: While upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: Whan a different version of 'W' with head strokes curving to the right rather than leaning backwards. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: cryen the tail of 'y' is usually extravagantly curved. |  | Usage: mercy and |
 | Usage: Yaf upper case letter at the beginning of a line with a looped approach stroke to the left limb. | ||
| Oddities | |||
 | Usage: Strapwork for the first elaborate initial of the folio. Probably done by the scribe himself. |  | Usage: Stanzas are divided with a bracket line in red ink. |
 | Usage: Brackets for rhyming words. |  | Usage: Elaborate 'Nota' at the top of the right margin. |