Scribal Profile Hand A | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 3943 |
| Folios: | 1-1v, 68-70v |
| Sampled Folios: | 68r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as a similar horned effect to the top of 'a' as with Hand D in this manuscript. |  | Usage: And the scribe has several upper case 'A's. Here the lower stroke of the letter 'B' above crosses the looped approach stroke of the 'A'. |
 | Usage: Antenor |  | Usage: Ay similar to version 2 but showing clearly the development of the letter. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: and the scribe uses a mixture of looped and unlooped 'd'. He seems to alternate them without qualm. |  | Usage: spedde |
 | Usage: discerne |  | Usage: Disposid upper case 'D' at the beginning of a line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: eschaunge tailed 'g' used throughout. The head of the stroke for the right side of the graph stands well above the left stroke. |  | Usage: nought 'ght' combination. |
 | Usage: leng(er) 'er' abbreviation after 'g' as a continuation of the horizontal cross-bar. | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: hir the 'h' graph usually tilts forward. Where there is a loop at the head it resolves on the stem rather than resting on the shoulder. |  | Usage: which crossed 'h' in 'ch' combination. |
 | Usage: thy a rare form of upright 'h' with no hook or loop at the head of the stem. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: desiren modern 'r' used throughout in all positions. |  | Usage: Antenor 'z'-shaped 'r' usually after 'o' and some consonants, mainly with curved otiose stroke from the bottom left side of the letter. |
 | Usage: afftir 'r' in final position with flourish. |  | Usage: errour |
| S | |||
 | Usage: is final 's' is usually kidney-shaped. |  | Usage: substaunce long 's' used in all positions except final. |
 | Usage: So upper case 'S'. |  | Usage: blis occasionally final 's' also has the horned feature. This is the only example on this folio. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: what |  | Usage: now the scribe probably uses this 'w' with taller first stroke more frequently than the example in version 1. |
 | Usage: wtseide |  | Usage: wolde the lead-in stroke to the left limb is sometimes a circle. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Troy the tail of 'y' is a fine stroke compared with the body of the graph. |  | Usage: hastyly the tail of 'y' sweeps well over to the left beneath preceding letters. |
 | Usage: yerne | ||
| Ampersand | |||
 | Usage: Ampersand |  | Usage: Ampersand |
| I | |||
 | Usage: I boundyn the lead-in stroke to the stem is a loop. The stem is tapered at the top and bottom. |  | Usage: In |
 | Usage: It this word is at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: It this word occurs in the middle of a line. |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þat the thorn graph is open at the top. Again the stem and added stroke to form the lobe are both tapering strokes. |  | Usage: þt |
 | Usage: þe |  | Usage: þat |
| Horned graphs | |||
 | Usage: bathe many of the scribe's 'e's have the horn noted in Hand D in this manuscript. |  | Usage: beraffte 'a' occasionally has a clear horn. |
 | Usage: DEp(ar)tid upper case 'E' also with horned addition. |  | Usage: Of upper case 'O' with spiked effect. |