Scribal Profile Harley 7335 Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. London, British Library MS Harley 7335 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 7335 |
| Identification: | This scribe may be Robert Blake |
| Folios: | 1-163 |
| Sampled Folios: | 53r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as single compartment 'a' used as the norm. |  | Usage: Almyghty upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
 | Usage: And | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: approched looped 'd' used throughout with little variation. |  | Usage: hadde |
 | Usage: Doun upper case 'D' at the beginning of a line. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: god double compartment 'g' used throughout. The right stroke of the upper compartment often begins above the level of the lobe forming a sort of point at the head. |  | Usage: strogelyng final 'g' with vertical tag. |
 | Usage: wight 'ght' combination with crossed 'h'. | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: ship the scribe uses both a closed and an open head to the letter. The limb is straight and the tail is flicked to the right to finish. |  | Usage: approched the scribe mainly flicks the tail to the right. |
 | Usage: hir occasionally the scribe also tucks the tail under. |  | Usage: comth many crossed 'h' after 't'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: gauren long 'r' used throughout except after 'o'. The fork is set at the level of surrounding letters. |  | Usage: moore 'z'-shaped 'r' always used after 'o'. |
 | Usage: verrayly double long 'r'. The strokes taper as they descend. |  | Usage: for the word appears on the bottom line and the scribe has added the long otiose stroke into the bottom margin. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: shortly sigma 's' used in both initial and final position. The scribe does not seem to vary his proscribed practise on this folio. |  | Usage: was 's' in final position. |
 | Usage: Castel long 's' used in all medial positions. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: was most of the scribe's 'w's are formed exactly as in this version. He is a very consistent scribe. |  | Usage: wo a word on the top line so perhaps a little more extravagant than usual. |
 | Usage: with very little variation in any of these letters. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: payne |  | Usage: I the scribe uses 'y' for the 1st person singular pronoun. |
 | Usage: yeue | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: But it is difficult to find any unusual features in this scribe's hand. However, several of his upper case letters could perhaps be identified as individual. Here the second part of the upper case 'B' is set at a slight angle and the space between the lead-in stroke and the remainder of the letter is greater than usual. |  | Usage: Nat upper case 'N' is quite distinctive with arching lead-in stroke. |
 | Usage: In the curved and looped lead-in stroke to 'I' is repeated in another example on this folio. | ||