Scribal Profile Hand A | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Fairfax 3 |
| Folios: | f2 (lines 1- 146 of prologue) and also at the end of book: 186-194 (end of Confessio) in SINGLE columns, including texts against Lollardie. |
| Sampled Folios: | 186r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and double compartment anglicana 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: noman a squared off lower compartment in this example. |
 | Usage: And one version of upper case 'A' on this folio. The upper compartment is almost triangular. |  | Usage: And upper case 'A' with curving open stroke at the head. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dedly the scribe's 'd' is always looped. The lobe is triangular in shape with the loop-stroke curving up and round to a point over the lobe. The loop-stroke then continues but resolves on the angle of the lobe rather than forming a complete loop. |  | Usage: confermed |
 | Usage: laude the only 'd' on the folio with a completed loop. Here the stroke continues to join to the following 'e'. |  | Usage: Derbeie upper case 'D' for the name of a county. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god 'g' is always double compartment. |  | Usage: vigeat the upper compartment has a vertical aspect with straightish sides. |
 | Usage: makynge the lower compartment is triangular in appearance and is pointed at the left extremity. |  | Usage: oghne |
| H | |||
 | Usage: his the stem of 'h' may be straight as in this example, or it may have a foot as in version 2. |  | Usage: hele the limb is thick at the shoulder and tapers as far as the lower level of the stem. The tail continues to curve round clockwise in a wide arc to finish beyond the stem. |
 | Usage: nought when in a 'ght' combination, the tail of 'h' turns counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: How a rather indistinct upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: remenant modern 'r' in initial position. Modern 'r' is used most of the time. |  | Usage: liber 'r' in final position in the Latin text at the bottom of the folio. |
 | Usage: or 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o' on this folio. |  | Usage: charite long 'r' is used occasionally within a word. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: som lone 's' used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: his '8'-shaped 's' used in final position. |
 | Usage: resteþ long 's' in the middle of a word. |  | Usage: Such upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: weie 'w' is quite a big graph. The head may have closed loops or they may be curved to the right but left open. |  | Usage: how 'w' in final position. |
 | Usage: Forþwiþ |  | Usage: Which |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: any an undotted 'y'. Mainly the 'y's are dotted. |  | Usage: pleinly 'y' in final position and dotted. |
 | Usage: makynge |  | Usage: dedly generally the tail of 'y' is neatly contained beneath the graph. Here the tail has been extended somewhat curving back clockwise under the previous graph before turning counter-clockwise to finish. |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þilke thorn is used frequently. It doe not replace 'Th' at the beginnings of lines, but everywhere else on the folio it does. |  | Usage: þat |
 | Usage: resteþ |  | Usage: fforþwiþ |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: Bot |  | Usage: Oure |