Scribal Profile Hand A | |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS Garrett 137 |
| Identification: | Unknown |
| Folios: | Tabula on 1-2v, 28v line 8-30v, 40v-54v and headings in rubric throughout. |
| Sampled Folios: | 29v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment secretary 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: matere some 'a's are more rounded than the straight-sided graph of version 1. |
 | Usage: Allas the more rounded version of upper case 'A'. |  | Usage: As 'A' is more angular in this example. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dere both looped and unlooped 'd' are used by the scribe. |  | Usage: lond looped 'd' tends to be used in final position, as here with descending tag. |
 | Usage: dedyst |  | Usage: Do upper case graph at the beginning of a line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: good secretary 'g' with tail turning counter-clockwise is used throughout. |  | Usage: nothyng |
 | Usage: myghtyst |  | Usage: Grounded a well-formed upper case graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hym 'h' tends to lean over to the right. The head is generally an open arch over the next letter. |  | Usage: sownyth it is not clear whether this 'h' is crossed or whether it is merely a smudge. |
 | Usage: hold hys an excellent example to show the description of 'h' in version 1. The shoulder of 'h' frequently drops below the level of following graphs. |  | Usage: slaughter the horizontal slash from 'g' links on to the following 'h' graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reuerente although 'z'-shaped 'r' is used most frequently and in all positions, modern 'r' is also used by this scribe. |  | Usage: honour modern 'r' appears more frequently in final position with flourish, although 'z'-shaped 'r' is also used unflourished in final position. |
 | Usage: master |  | Usage: rede modern 'r' used unusually as the initial letter. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sadnesse long 's' used in all initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
 | Usage: assente |  | Usage: Suche upper case 'S' as the first letter of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wold |  | Usage: þow 'w' in final position. |
 | Usage: wonte was |  | Usage: What upper case graph at the beginning of a line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yf 'y' is evenly formed with tail describing a thick and deeply curved arc counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: my |
 | Usage: ynglysch |  | Usage: eylyth |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þe |  | Usage: þow |
 | Usage: þat |  | Usage: þis |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: But |
 | Usage: Of |  | Usage: In |