Scribal Profile John Shirley | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 2. London, British Library MS Additional 16165 |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 16165 |
| Folios: | 3 + 4-258 |
| Sampled Folios: | 57r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: tyraunt simple single compartment 'a'. |  | Usage: and 'a' with more angular compartment. |
 | Usage: as Shirley's 'a's have a number of extravagant forms one of which is seen here. |  | Usage: And an individual upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: stadye 'd' is looped and generally rounded. |  | Usage: meed the final 'd' in a word almost always has a descending tag. |
 | Usage: goode where 'e' follows 'd' it is ligatured and configured as in this version. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: gode tailed 'g' with tail which turns first clockwise and then changes direction to form a loop at the bottom of the tail. |  | Usage: furlong 'g' in final position with horizontal slash with descending tag attached. |
 | Usage: right |  | Usage: igitur horned 'g' in the Latin heading to Prosa 3. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: him 'h' is mostly regularly formed as here with neat and contained limb and tail-stroke. |  | Usage: forþwith crossed 'h' in this combination, but Shirley does not always cross the 'h' in 'th'. |
 | Usage: right in the combination 'ght', the 'h' is almost always crossed. |  | Usage: lordshipes very occasionally the tail-stroke flicks to the right. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: shrewes the shape of 'r' varies little. On this folio no other form of 'r' is used. |  | Usage: right |
 | Usage: igitur 'r' from the rubric, perhaps in the display hand of Shirley. |  | Usage: Chaucier from the heading at the top of the folio. 'r' with decorative flourish. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: vices always used in final position. |  | Usage: as |
 | Usage: cleernesse long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. There are two types of headstroke for long 's' which are employed by Shirley and both are demonstrated in this example. The first with angled head is often found preceding 'h' where it angles down and joins the looped head of 'h'. |  | Usage: so the rounded head-stroke is not usually attached to the following graph. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wicked the formation of 'w' does not vary a great deal. |  | Usage: forþwith |
 | Usage: wight although in the middle of a sentence, this word occurs at the beginning of a line, hence the rather exuberant treatment of the first letter by Shirley. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: tyraunt the tail of 'y' varies in length and spread. |  | Usage: many |
 | Usage: tirannyes | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: Prosa the opening of the title for the Prosa. |
 | Usage: SEest the opening of the text with initial decorated in penwork in the ink of the text. |  | Usage: Videsne |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þer Shirley makes frequent use of thorn. Used for definite article, adjectives, pronouns and verb endings. |  | Usage: lackeþe generally formed in this way with longish descender which tapers and appears slightly curved. |
 | Usage: forþwith |  | Usage: lyþe |