Scribal Profile Hand B | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | |
| Current Manuscript: | England, London, British Library MS Cotton Tiberius D. VII Volume 2 |
| Folios: | Vol. 2 ff169-295 |
| Sampled Folios: | 230r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: acorde double compartment 'a' with upper compartment smaller than the lower one. |  | Usage: At a form of upper case 'A' seen frequently in, for example, the London Letter Books where this form is often used when naming the 'A'ldermen. |
 | Usage: mAner the scribe often inserts what seems to be an upper case graph in the middle of a word comprising lower case graphs. |  | Usage: As |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dukes the lower lobe of 'd' may be angular or more rounded. |  | Usage: myddel an example showing both rounded and angular lobes. |
 | Usage: kyngdom 'd' with enlarged point at the left side of the lobe and hairline to close. |  | Usage: Durhurst upper case 'D'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: grete 'g' is formed with several strokes joined by hairlines giving a squarish aspect to the upper lobe and a triangular aspect to the lower lobe. |  | Usage: kyng 'g' in final position frequently has a curl to finish, even where an extra 'e' might not be expected. |
 | Usage: plegges |  | Usage: Gloucet(er) |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hy the stem of 'h' is slightly angled, giving a tilted appearance to the graph. |  | Usage: hast an open head to most of this scribe's 'h's. |
 | Usage: hys hed |  | Usage: ?erteynlych a single example on this folio of a crossed 'h' following 'c'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rameseye long 'r' is the selected graph for 'r' throughout this folio. |  | Usage: maner in final position, 'r' generally has an upturn to finish. |
 | Usage: worl 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o'. |  | Usage: R a stand-alone graph for 'R'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: syde this form of sigma 's' is used in initial position. |  | Usage: stryngþe long 's' is also used in initial position. |
 | Usage: alyens sigma 's' used in final position. |  | Usage: So this word occurs after a punctus elevatus and may be the scribe's upper case selection for this graph, and does not differ in form from the conventional lower case graph. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: were the scribe has several forms of 'w' which he varies to no apparent plan. Here both limbs have closed looped heads. |  | Usage: whan(n)e there is a curved approach stroke to the left limb of this version. The middle limb is still looped. |
 | Usage: wonderede the left limb is not parallel with the middle one but extends out to the left with closed head at a higher level than the head-loop of the middle stroke. |  | Usage: Whan(n)e 'W' in upper case position. A separate and open-headed left limb with head-stroke arching over the middle loop. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: why 'y' is frequently dotted with tail which curls back almost completing a loop. |  | Usage: kyngdom |
 | Usage: byhuld |  | Usage: lordschype |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: eyþer thorn has a tapering stem with lobe set near the top. |  | Usage: stryngþe |
 | Usage: knyȝtes yogh is used as equivalent of both 'gh' and 'y'. |  | Usage: ȝeste ȝat |