Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Trinity College MS Arch. 49 |
| Identification: | John Leche suggested by Manly and Rickert |
| Folios: | 1-295 |
| Sampled Folios: | 292v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as single compartment flat-headed 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: and in initial position the stroke which produces the flattened head of the lobe forms an extension ahead of the compartment. |
 | Usage: and the extension is not visible in this example but a slight lip is visible as the scribe turns the nib to form the initial stroke. | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: day 'd' has an upper loop and a point which forms the left side of the lower lobe. |  | Usage: dethe a real pointed triangular bowl to this graph. |
 | Usage: condicion within a word the lobe of 'd' is more rounded. |  | Usage: herkenyd |
| G | |||
 | Usage: thingis 'g' is horned with crossed head and arching tail-sroke. |  | Usage: goode |
 | Usage: strangelynge a quirk in the tail of 'g' with counter-clockwise turn. |  | Usage: nought the 'ght' combination. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: his 'h' is often presented with an open arching head-stroke. |  | Usage: hym occasionally the head loop is closed. |
 | Usage: the 'h' within a word is frequently joined to the previous graph. |  | Usage: that unusually the loop of the tail-stroke is continued to join to the next graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: Criste 'z'-shaped 'r' is used in medial and final positions. |  | Usage: criste long 'r' is also used in medial positions, as here, and on this folio is always used in initial position. |
 | Usage: reson long 'r' in initial position. |  | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' in final position. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: as sigma 's' is used in final position on this folio in almost every case. |  | Usage: synne a single kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. |
 | Usage: synne long 's' used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: trespasseth long 's' used medially. The descenders of both 's' and 'f' are long compared with the usual body height of the graphs. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whan 'w' comprises two similar looped arms with a single lobe on the right of the graph. |  | Usage: welle the first arm is almost disconnected from the second. |
 | Usage: shewe |  | Usage: whiche |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: hym the usual formation of this graph. |  | Usage: herkyn a single unusual example of 'y' in which the right arm does not connect at the fork. |
 | Usage: synnys it is usually possible to see the loop effect created as the scribe adds the right arm of the graph. |  | Usage: a yene |
| Lead-in strokes | |||
 | Usage: no on 'n', 'm' and sometimes on 'i', the scribe describes an arc to lead in to the graph which begins well below graph itself. |  | Usage: in |
 | Usage: man a kind of symmetry is created here as the scribe frequently lengthens the final minim of 'n' and curves it beneath the graph. |  | Usage: ne |