Scribal Profile Polychronicon Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. England, London, British Library MS Cotton Tiberius D. VII Volume 1 |
| Current Manuscript: | England, London, British Library MS Cotton Tiberius D. VII Volume 1 |
| Folios: | 1-164 (vol. 1) 165-168v (vol. 2) |
| Sampled Folios: | 44v, 61r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: names the scribe's 'a' varies little in construction though the upper and lower lobes may vary in size. |  | Usage: wepontak |
 | Usage: taake the scribe's graph size is inconsistent. |  | Usage: Warwykschyre occasionally the upper lobe is flattened and appears more of a triangular shape. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: democryt(us) the scribe's 'd' generally has a rounded lobe and oval loop. |  | Usage: yruled very occasionally the lower lobe is more square. The scribe does not appear to put tags on final d's. |
 | Usage: hadde |  | Usage: Dorsete as well as this more individual version, the scribe also uses an enlarged form of lower case 'd' as representative of upper case. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god double compartment 'g' with slight overhang to the right of the lower lobe. |  | Usage: cokkyng the extension to the right from the middle of the upper lobe is tagged here, perhaps because it is the final letter of the word. |
 | Usage: brynggyng the lower compartments are slightly further advanced than the upper lobes giving the graph the appearance of a slight lean backwards. |  | Usage: Gloucetreschyre a simple form of upper case 'G'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hundrded a neatly executed letter with little variation. The looped head is triangular and the tail usually loops back from a point below the stem. |  | Usage: schyres |
 | Usage: strechcheþ |  | Usage: Herfordschyr this may be the scribe's upper case graph which is the same as the lower case. Where it is possible to tell, the names for other shires use the upper case version of the letters. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: robbery long 'r' is used in all positions except after 'o'. There is an approach stroke and in initial position, the fork of the letter is at or just below the lower level of following graphs. |  | Usage: baar 'r' in final position with fork well below the level of the previous letter. There is a slight upward tilt at the end of the shoulder. |
 | Usage: forþ 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o'. An otiose stroke descends in a curl from the lower left of the graph. |  | Usage: Ryuer upper case 'R'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: som tyme both long 's' and sigma 's' are used in initial positions. Sigma 's' is also used frequently in final position. |  | Usage: ys a rather jerky form of 8-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: Estsex long 's' is used in medial and final positions. |  | Usage: Scotlond upper case 'S' of the same form as lower case sigma 's'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wyn there is very little difference in the formation of 'w' with straight left limb, looped at the top, a looped top to the middle arm with 'B' shaped element to the right. |  | Usage: wiþ some of the scribe's 'w's look a little straggly. |
 | Usage: lawe a taller thinner graph in the middle of a word. |  | Usage: Walysch there is no difference in the shape of the upper and lower case graph. Here the letter is slightly bigger than following letters. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: robbery 'y' always has a rather tortured look. The two limbs are often parallel and the tail squares off the space between the two limbs before curling round counter-clockwise to form the tail. |  | Usage: conteyneþ in this example the right limb is more curved than usual. |
 | Usage: tyme |  | Usage: arystotel |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: conteyneþ thorn is used frequently for all definite articles, demonstratives, pronouns etc. It is also used for present tense verb endings. The stem tilts slightly. |  | Usage: norþfolk here thorn replaces 'th'. This is not always the case but the scribe may use thorn rather than 'th'. |
 | Usage: Ȝorkschyre yogh is used as equivalent of 'y' as well as occasionally 'gh'. |  | Usage: Ȝoroastes yogh is also used as equivalent to the 'tz' sound of the plural. |
| Some Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Protheus |  | Usage: Chestreschyre |
 | Usage: Eorldom |  | Usage: Nyn(us) |
| Serendipity | |||
 | Usage: Ampersand the scribe has two variants of ampersand. |  | Usage: Ampersand |
 | Usage: bactrians on some folios, final 's' appears in this form with extended head-stroke which curls up at the end. |  | Usage: s(er)uauntes the final s. |