Advanced Search   *   Manuscripts   *   Scribes   *   Authors   *   Letters
Home   *   About the Project   *   Bibliography
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
Find What? Search by
Scribal Profile
Unknown
 
Current Manuscript:Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean 182
Folios:1-138
Sampled Folios:117r, 123v
Example Page:Display a full page showing this scribe's hand
Image Rights:Reproduction by permission of the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. All images on this website are reproduced with permission of the Libraries, Archives, and Owners of the manuscripts. Manuscript images that appear on this website remain in the copyright of the libraries where the manuscripts are held. Use of these images for any purpose other than private study without written permission of those libraries is prohibited by law.
 
A
Usage: Principally
double compartment 'a' is used throughout.
Usage: That
usually the two compartments appear to be the same size.
Usage: fale
occasionally the upper compartment is bigger than the lower.
Usage: Alas
a distinctive upper case 'A' used throughout on the folios examined. It is the horizontal bar which crosses the graph at the top of the lobe which is different.
 
D
Usage: desire
the scribe uses unlooped 'd' which varies little whether in initial, medial or final position.
Usage: stered
Usage: dedis
the angle of the down-stroke is essentially the same in each example.
Usage: mandato
medial 'd' in the Latin gloss in the hand of the scribe.
 
G
Usage: guerdon
all the scribe's graphs are controlled and evenly formed. Tailed 'g' is used throughout and again there is little variation in the graph.
Usage: kynge
there may be slight variation in the curve of the tail-stroke. The head of the graph is almost always the same with a thick descender sometimes slightly curved as in this example.
Usage: regimine
'g' from Latin gloss in the hand of the scribe.
Usage: Gracious
upper case 'G'.
 
H
Usage: honoure
lower case 'h' varies little and is always neatly executed.
Usage: Herkenith
in the combination 'th' in final position, 'h' is always crossed.
Usage: Schall
Usage: Herkenith
distinctive looped side-stroke variant on the 'h' graph for the upper case rendition. The head-stroke is no longer a loop but a separate stroke curved at each end.
 
R
Usage: roiall
modern 'r' is used in initial, medial and final positions. The formation does not vary.
Usage: dispreise
'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o', 'p' and 'w'.
Usage: hedir
'r' in final position.
Usage: Reioyse
upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line.
 
S
Usage: schuldyn
long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. The head-stroke is separately scribed and curves down to form a ligature with the following 't'.
Usage: dedis
kidney 's' is used exclusively in final position.
Usage: excessife
Usage: Schall
the curving top stroke of upper case 'S' ends with a final loop back to connect with the stroke.
 
W
Usage: worthi
the scribe has two variant shapes for the 'w' graph which are used randomly. This variant has a third stroke at the right forming a single lobe.
Usage: woo
this variation of 'w' has a double, 'B'-shaped element on the right side.
Usage: tweyne
't' connects with the left curved arm of the 'w' graph.
Usage: Whiche
upper case 'W' has a horizontal stroke across the top of the graph.
 
Y
Usage: lyue
the scribe's formation of 'y' is extremely regular.
Usage: atteyne
the angle of turn on the tail of 'y' varies little.
Usage: seyne
occasionally the tail of 'y' extends a little further than usual.
Usage: annuyte
 
Thorn and Yogh
Usage: þinge
the stem of thorn is copied at an angle. Thorn is used only occasionally.
Usage: þt
abbreviation with superscript 't' neatly housed in the fork between the stem and lobe of thorn.
Usage: ȝerely
yogh used initially as equivalent of 'y'.
Usage: myȝt
yogh is also used as equivalent of 'gh' in this combination.
 
Upper Case Letters
Usage: That
the scribe has a number of distinctive forms for upper case letters.
Usage: But
Usage: I
Usage: O
 
More Upper Case Letters
Usage: Cursius
Usage: Pricipally
Usage: No
Usage: Exemplu(m)
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, King's Manor, York YO1 7EP