Scribal Profile Hand B | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 346 |
| Identification: | Unknown |
| Folios: | 34r-75r, 110r-119r |
| Sampled Folios: | 36r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: hath the single compartment 'a's are mainly evenly formed. The scribe's hand is controlled and the graphs well-formed. |  | Usage: and a slightly different variant of version 1 with square shape and hairline to close at the head. |
 | Usage: Alas the upper case graph is noticeably larger than the lower case letters. On this folio there are no double compartment 'a's even as an upper case letter. |  | Usage: And the first letter of the folio. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: tolde the scribe uses looped 'd' in the text. This is the most usual shape for the looped version. |  | Usage: sto(u)nd 'd' in final position with tag. The word occurs at the end of a line. |
 | Usage: legenda an unlooped 'd' used in the display script of the rubric. |  | Usage: Done upper case 'D' at the beginning of a line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: rage the scribe's tailed 'g's are all formed in exactly the same way. All descenders briefly graze the line. |  | Usage: grace |
 | Usage: God | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: here again the scribal hand is very even. The tail of 'h' sits on, or ends just below the line. The head-stroke may be open or closed as here. |  | Usage: demophon the only crossed 'h' on this folio. |
 | Usage: Philomen 'h' in the scribe's display script in the rubric with tail-stroke turning counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: Hyr upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line with open head-stroke. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: armes the scribe uses modern 'r' on almost every occasion in all positions. |  | Usage: auctorite the only example of long 'r' on this folio. |
 | Usage: progne the only example of 'z'-shaped 'r' on this folio. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: this kidney-shaped 's' almost always used in final position. |  | Usage: Alas |
 | Usage: suche long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: worde 'w' is formed as two 'v's. The graph is looped at the head and has a single lobe to the right. |  | Usage: sorow |
 | Usage: Wepynge 'W' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. There is little variation in the scribe's 'w' graph. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: feyned occasionally, when the scribe has space, the tail of 'y' curls round, but the more usual graph is version 2. |  | Usage: sustyr the majority of the scribe's 'y's have a short straight tail-stroke as here. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: The |
 | Usage: In |  | Usage: I |
| More Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Philles an upper case 'P' in the display script of the scribe. |  | Usage: Explicit an upper case 'E' in the display script of the scribe. |
 | Usage: Now |  | Usage: But |