Scribal Profile Morganus Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 45 |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 45 |
| Folios: | Part 1 2-31v |
| Sampled Folios: | 3r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: shall 'a' has two parallel sides and a horizontal cross bar. The head is usually a slightly scooped stroke to join the curved stem. |  | Usage: a occasionally the scribe uses what appears to be an upper case 'A' for the indefinite article and also when 'a' is the initial letter of a word. |
 | Usage: take |  | Usage: And at the beginning of a line, so the upper case graph. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: doute 'd' is always looped and the lobe is usually angular. |  | Usage: had 'd' in final position with long trailing tag. |
 | Usage: dyddist |  | Usage: Dioclesian the upper case graph for a name. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god a diamond-shaped upper compartment with long oval loop for the lower compartment. |  | Usage: strong in final position, 'g' often has a waving extension from the middle of the upper compartment rather than a horizontal stroke. |
 | Usage: hight |  | Usage: Graunte the upper case graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: had angular closed head-loop and long curving tail-stroke on almost all the scribe's 'h's. |  | Usage: myche |
 | Usage: myght 'h' in the 'ght' combination has a cross-stroke through the head. |  | Usage: He the head-stroke is open in this upper case graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: recou(er)yd long 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: her 'r' in final position has an upward extension from the shoulder which ends in a hook. |
 | Usage: their |  | Usage: Roode upper case 'R' with sweeping, thick approach stroke which begins way beneath the graph. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: so long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: frendys sigma 's' is also used in initial as well as in final position. |
 | Usage: shall |  | Usage: Sir upper case 'S'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: well each limb is looped at the head. There is a 'B'-shaped element to the right. |  | Usage: How |
 | Usage: vnkowth |  | Usage: With a slightly more elaborate upper case graph with taller head-loop on the middle limb. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: you 'y' is generally neatly and consistently executed. |  | Usage: only |
 | Usage: hym |  | Usage: mayn 'y' on the bottom line with room to extend the tail-stroke. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: Of |
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: Iesu crist elaborate strap-work for the opening initial. |