Scribal Profile Hand 4 | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 149 (SC 14641) |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 149 |
| Identification: | William Stevens? |
| Folios: | 45r-136v |
| Sampled Folios: | 92r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: that single compartment 'a' used throughout and evenly formed. |  | Usage: chanons 'a' in the explicit. The scribe does not use a display script for the rubrics. |
 | Usage: souerayn |  | Usage: As |
| D | |||
 | Usage: discouer looped 'd' used most of the time. |  | Usage: deite the only example of unlooped 'd' on this folio. |
 | Usage: endid |  | Usage: and dere |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god tailed 'g' with short tapering tail. |  | Usage: magnacia the tail of 'g' often turns counter-clockwise. |
 | Usage: p(ro)log 'g' in final position with tag. |  | Usage: thogh a typical 'gh' combination with horizontal cross stroke at the head of 'g' linking to the following graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: endith there is little variation in the formation of 'h'. |  | Usage: that the angle of the descent of the tail-stroke from the limb of 'h' defines the aspect of the hand on the folio. The angle of the descenders of other graphs such as 'p', long 's' and 'f' combine to give the hand its slanting appearance. |
 | Usage: right |  | Usage: Here 'H' at the opening of the rubric so presumably meant to be upper case graph. There is no difference between upper and lower case 'h'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: sir modern 'r' used in all positions except after 'o'. |  | Usage: sworn 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and some consonants. |
 | Usage: discouer 'r' in final position with flourish. |  | Usage: Right a rather murky upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sothefastnes sigma 's' in final position. |  | Usage: dissiple long 's' used in initial and medial positions. The stem is thick with fine head-stroke. |
 | Usage: thus syn final sigma 's' followed by initial long 's'. |  | Usage: Saide the upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: was there is very little variation in the scribe's 'w' graph. |  | Usage: trew |
 | Usage: wirche |  | Usage: Whom a very cursive 'W' at the beginning of a line showing that there is no distinction between upper and lower case letters. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: prevey 'y' frequently has a tiny tail with little extension. |  | Usage: aduersary occasionally the tail is extended. |
 | Usage: yoman |  | Usage: Y fourmid no distinction between the upper and lower case letters. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Pigmalion |  | Usage: Now |
 | Usage: Bot |  | Usage: God |