Scribal Profile Trinity Anthologies Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 2. Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.21 (601) |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.21 (601) |
| Folios: | 1-32v, 49v(line 5)-320 |
| Sampled Folios: | 238r, 245v |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: an lower case 'a' is always the secretary form. |  | Usage: A |
 | Usage: Auees |  | Usage: Pater square single compartment 'a' with horn at the head. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: honde 'd' is mainly looped. |  | Usage: hede occasionally the scribe does not loop 'd'. |
 | Usage: Drede | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: gladnesse the scribe's secretary 'g' has the horizontal cross-stroke at the head and a reverse turn on the tail-stroke. |  | Usage: ryght |
 | Usage: kyng | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: hyr |  | Usage: here it is possible to see the scribe looping up from the curving tail stroke to link to the next letter. |
 | Usage: Her licence to extend the tail-stroke into the left margin. |  | Usage: the 'h' on the top line. The scribe often extends the ascenders on a top line and turns the stroke at the top to form a sort of loop before the curving descender. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: cryste modern 'r' used except after 'o' and consonants when 'z'-shaped 'r' is used. |  | Usage: theyr 'r' with flourish in final position. |
 | Usage: pray |  | Usage: Remembryd |
| S | |||
 | Usage: was sigma 's' used intermittently as final 's' on this folio. |  | Usage: hys probably the form most favoured for final 's' on these folios. |
 | Usage: Shew upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: stodyn long 's' used initially and medially. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whyche |  | Usage: owte |
 | Usage: Wt 'W' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: whyche |  | Usage: hys |
 | Usage: away | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Bothe some of the scribe's upper case letters are quite distinctive as with 'B' seen here. |  | Usage: Nat upper case 'N' is of simple form with a long curving approach stroke. |
 | Usage: Of 'O','C' and 'E' frequently have a diagonal line through the letter. |  | Usage: Toke upper case 'T' has the same bisecting stroke. The head-stroke of 'T' often curves round in a complete circle which may be the case here although difficult to see. |