Scribal Profile Hand A | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 346 |
| Folios: | 1-33, 120-131 |
| Sampled Folios: | 9v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: that the scribe uses mainly a double compartment 'a' but the single compartment 'a' is also in use on this folio. |  | Usage: maistre |
 | Usage: Antonius upper case 'A' with contained upper lobe. |  | Usage: Al upper case 'A' with upper lobe extended and leaning towards the left. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dide 'd' as initial letter. An oval lower lobe with point at the left side. The lower lobe is larger in this example than the upper loop. |  | Usage: legende as with the 'A' graph where upper and lower lobes vary in size, so with 'd'. Here the upper loop is greater and arches back over the previous graph. |
 | Usage: deth 'd' with square lower lobe. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: longe double compartment 'g' with angular lower lobe. |  | Usage: legende rounded lower lobe in this example. |
 | Usage: gou(er)ny(n)g final 'g' with curved tag attached to the horizontal slash. | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: here |  | Usage: Suffiseth 'h' is crossed in all 'ch' and 'th' combinations. |
 | Usage: broght strangely, the 'ght' combination does not seem to require the crossed 'h'. |  | Usage: He upper case 'H' as the first letter of the line. The tail stroke is continued in a looping extension beneath the graph and out into the margin. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ryme modern 'r' used in all positions. |  | Usage: reden 'z'-shaped 'r' used in initial position. Mainly only used after 'o'. |
 | Usage: Cesar final 'r' with flourish. |  | Usage: Rebel upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: loueris kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. Sigma 's' is also used in final position. |  | Usage: Martiris sigma 's' used in the rubric in final position, but it also occurs within the text. |
 | Usage: swich long 's' in initial position. Also used medially. |  | Usage: Suffiseth an individual upper case 'S' used at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wel the most commonly used graph for 'w'. However there are several variations as seen in the versions below. |  | Usage: swich |
 | Usage: werreiour 'w' with looped head and single lobe to the right. |  | Usage: Wol the first word of the folio so perhaps the scribe made an extra effort. This upper case graph has the 'B'-shaped element to the right. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: tyme 'y' sometimes has a small curved stroke above. |  | Usage: many the tail of 'y' has very little curve or no curve at all as here. |
 | Usage: Sey |  | Usage: peyne |