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Scribal Profile Hand A | |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 690 |
| Folios: | 2-152vb, 161ra-204vb |
| Sampled Folios: | 81v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: an double compartment 'a' is used throughout. Both upper and lower compartments vary in size with sometimes the upper compartment larger and sometimes the lower compartment. |  | Usage: trauaile |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: And upper case 'A' on the folio sampled is always of this shape and always tipped with yellow wash. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: don 'd' is always looped and evenly formed. The lower lobe is generally angular. |  | Usage: dremeþ the formation of 'd' can be seen clearly in this example. |
 | Usage: bedde |  | Usage: And image to demonstrate the consistent nature of the scribe's hand. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gret 'g' is double compartment anglicana 'g'. The graph has a slightly tilted appearance with lower compartment marginally in advance of the upper compartment. |  | Usage: wring 'g' in final position with flourish perhaps to represent a missing 'e'. |
 | Usage: sluggardie |  | Usage: Greke the upper case graph with double parallel line decoration and yellow wash for emphasis. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: here naetly formed 'h' with triangular head-loop and tail-stroke which is neatly angled but varies in length. |  | Usage: þogh |
 | Usage: ydelschipe |  | Usage: Here upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line and washed with yellow. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reson modern 'r' is used in all positions except after 'o'. |  | Usage: ouer 'r' in final position with fine upturn. |
 | Usage: co(n)fessor 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'o'. The rubric is within the text box and the scribe does not employ a special script to differentiate. |  | Usage: Right upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sone long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: sciences a very sturdy '8'-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
 | Usage: Confessor |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: were in initial position 'w' frequently has a loop or triangle (as in version 3) to the left of the left limb. |  | Usage: how in final position the heads of the limbs turn to the right. |
 | Usage: what |  | Usage: Wherof 'W' in initial position in the line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ydel the left limb of 'y' descends vertically. |  | Usage: eny the fork of 'y' is below the level of surrounding graphs. |
 | Usage: lusty the tail of 'y' may be short, turning counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: may the tail may also be longer and turn to trace its original descent back to the body of the graph. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: haþ thorn is used frequently by the scribe. |  | Usage: Þe here thorn is used in initial position in the line and is tipped with yellow. |
 | Usage: noȝt yogh occurs twice on this folio and is representative of the 'gh' and the 'y' elements. However, the scribe does not always use yogh on these occasions. |  | Usage: ȝit |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: To |  | Usage: If |
 | Usage: TOwarde |  | Usage: Be |