Scribal Profile Hand A | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Royal 17.C.XIV |
| Folios: | 2-4 and two lines after text on f90 |
| Sampled Folios: | 3v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: aftir single compartment 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: man the compartment is sometimes squashed flatter as here. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: A the head of 'A' may be open or closed, forming a loop. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: day unlooped 'd' is used throughout. The lobe is squarish. |  | Usage: dispoiled (first 'd') the lobe may appear square or more rounded, as in version 4. |
 | Usage: qd 'd' with tag is used only for abbreviated 'quod'. |  | Usage: good day |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gon double compartment 'g' is used exclusively. |  | Usage: walkyng horizontal extension to the right from the middle of the upper lobe. |
 | Usage: wrong 'g' in final position sometimes has a flourish which extends back over the top of the graph. |  | Usage: goon |
| H | |||
 | Usage: what 'h' is consistently formed. The limb is generally straight, thick and short with little or no curved tail. |  | Usage: thouht the head stroke is also applied as a thickish curved stroke. |
 | Usage: sih an interesting use of crossed 'h'. |  | Usage: His upper case 'H' is the same as lower case, but bigger! |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ros modern 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: lenger the link from stem to shoulder departs from the lower end of the stem. |
 | Usage: stormy 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o' and after some consonants. |  | Usage: cher flourish added to final 'r' which may be representative of a missing final 'e'. Examples where such flourishes occur are in the words 'her', 'our', 'ther' and 'fer'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: Pas kidney-shaped 's' used exclusively in final position. |  | Usage: seide long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |
 | Usage: wittis difficult to know whether or not this is sigma 's'. The scribe applies the ink quite thickly and it may just be an imperfectly formed kidney 's'. |  | Usage: So upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: what the formation of 'w' is fairly consistent.There is a single lobe to the right of the graph. |  | Usage: yow left and middle arms of the graph are usually more or less the same height. However, they stand above the level of surrounding letters. |
 | Usage: walkyng |  | Usage: Wer 'W' in an upper case position at the beginning of a line. There is no perceptible difference between upper and lower case, and in this example, 'W' appears smaller than other examples which occur in the middle of words. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: any the conventional shape of the scribe's 'y' graph. |  | Usage: fyry (second 'y') many of the scribe's 'y's are sloppily formed suggesting hasty execution. |
 | Usage: vnresty |  | Usage: greye |
| Abbreviative Marks | |||
 | Usage: p(ra)yere a very flattened version of the 'ra' abbreviation. |  | Usage: Tha(n) the scribe uses the macron to indicate missing 'n's and 'm's. |
 | Usage: dre(m)pte here the scribe has used the macron to indicate a missing 'm'. |  | Usage: ou(er) the 'er' abbreviative mark. |