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Scribal Profile Hammond Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 3. Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.21 (601) |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.21 (601) |
| Folios: | 33r-49v(line 4) |
| Sampled Folios: | 38r |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment 'a' used throughout the English text. |  | Usage: quia double compartment 'a' used for the Latin glosses. |
 | Usage: And upper case 'A'. |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: lord looped 'd' used throughout. |  | Usage: Dirige |
 | Usage: dies unlooped 'd' used in the scribe's display script. |  | Usage: Richard 'd' in final position with tag. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: Dirige the 'g' is a double compartment anglicana 'g' with the lower compartment larger than the upper compartment. The lower compartment may be rounded as in this version. |  | Usage: begynneth 'g' with triangular lower compartment. |
 | Usage: lyeng 'g' in final position with tag. |  | Usage: magnificas tailed 'g' used for the scribe's display script. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: shalbe the limb of 'h' varies little and is almost always straight. |  | Usage: begynneth 'th' combination where 'h' is almost always crossed. |
 | Usage: Hampole upper case 'H' with unusual turn at the top of the shoulder. |  | Usage: michi 'ch' combination in the scribe's display script with the top of the stem turning to the left rather than forming an arched head-stroke. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: stiere the 'z'-shaped 'r' is used almost exclusively. The shape gives a feeling of fluency and speed. |  | Usage: Parce modern 'r' used in the display script of the scribe. |
 | Usage: Richard | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: is typical kidney-shaped 's' in final position. |  | Usage: dies display script 's'. |
 | Usage: solempne sigma 's' in initial position. |  | Usage: soule thow the head-stroke of long 's' can extend over the top of many letters. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wormes 'w' in initial position with curved lead-in stroke. |  | Usage: Thow 'w' in final position still with initial stroke as joining from the previous letter. |
 | Usage: What greatly extended left arm on the upper case 'W'. |  | Usage: solempne worthy where initial 'w' does not have a curved leading stroke, the left arm extends above the level of surrounding letters as with the upper case example. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: begynneth 'y' is evenly formed |  | Usage: sey |
 | Usage: Yit upper case letter at the beginning of a line. | ||