Scribal Profile John Brode | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. England, Manchester, John Rylands Library MS English 113 |
| Current Manuscript: | England, Manchester, John Rylands Library MS Eng. 113 |
| Folios: | 6-195 |
| Sampled Folios: | 6r, 43v, 115r, 153v, 194r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: haue double compartment 'a' in the middle of a word, the relative size of the letter measurable against the following 'u'. |  | Usage: village 'a' again seen in relation to surrounding letters. |
 | Usage: And upper case 'A'. |  | Usage: As example taken from the penultimate folio of the manuscript, the text of the Retraction. The scribe's alternative upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: gladly anglicana and secretary graphs are both used by the scribe. |  | Usage: doth |
 | Usage: Cuthberd 'd' in final position with downward turn of extended loop stroke which acts as a tag. |  | Usage: duches |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goth anglicana 'g' with oval lower lobe. |  | Usage: hethyng final 'g' with tag. |
 | Usage: Go |  | Usage: myght 'ght' combination. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: her the stem of 'h' inclines towards the shoulder of the letter often giving a tilted appearance to the script. |  | Usage: haue the head-loop grazes the top of the shoulder. |
 | Usage: Here upper case 'H' used for the opening of the Explicit to the Nun's Priest's Tale. The head-stroke is open. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: chirche very thick downstroke for long 'r' which is used the majority of the time in all positions. |  | Usage: roote 'z'-shaped 'r' in initial position. |
 | Usage: verrey |  | Usage: Reliques upper case 'R' with long arching approach stroke. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sely sigma 's' used in both initial and final positions. |  | Usage: shew long 's' is also used in initial position as well as medially. |
 | Usage: Suche |  | Usage: Sir Nonnes prest exaggerated upper case 'S' for the address to the Nun's Priest. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wis secretary and anglicana graphs for this letter are both in evidence. |  | Usage: whennes |
 | Usage: wenen anglicana'w' with 'B'-shaped element to the right. |  | Usage: Wery upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line with extremely long approach stroke. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: rynge |  | Usage: seyd |
 | Usage: Ye 'Y' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. | ||
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þat on the folios examined thorn only seems to be used in initial position. |  | Usage: Þus thorn at the beginning of a line. |
 | Usage: þis |  | Usage: þe thorn used in explicit to Nun's Priest's Tale. |
| Ampersand | |||
 | Usage: A consistently formed graph for ampersand. |  | Usage: There is always a curved stroke above the ampersand itself. |
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