Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 2280 |
| Folios: | 1-98 |
| Sampled Folios: | 14v, 35r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and double compartment 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: þat 'a' often appears squashed with a lower compartment which is much smaller than the upper one. |
 | Usage: Pandare |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: seyd last letter of a word. This form of unlooped 'd' is the only form used on f14v. |  | Usage: redy this looped 'd' is the predominant form on f35, but other types are also to be found on this folio. |
 | Usage: gladde the double letter 'dd' in the unlooped form used exclusively on f14v. Also to be found on f35 where all varieties seem to be represented. |  | Usage: thridde a very peculiar variation which the scribe uses several times on f35 as in the word 'doughter' on the third line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goodenesse the 'g' is almost exclusively double compartment with triangular lower compartment. |  | Usage: bigonne there is a hairline joining stroke from lower left back to the upper compartment, but it is difficult to see. |
 | Usage: synge |  | Usage: proignee |
| H | |||
 | Usage: han 'h' with detached head-stroke and sweeping curved tail-stroke. |  | Usage: naught a vertically squashed form of 'h'. |
 | Usage: hym |  | Usage: which on the top line of f35. Many of the letters are so decorated on top lines. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: Pandarus the fork of long 'r' is almost at the level of the top of surrounding letters. Long 'r' is used in every position except after 'o'. |  | Usage: rede long 'r' used initially with a thick squared-off stroke to initiate the stem rather than a small turn of the nib. |
 | Usage: bryght 'z'-shaped 'r' used frequently, not only after 'o'. |  | Usage: Ryght an unusual form of upper case 'R' as the initial letter of a line. It can be seen again lower on the folio in the word 'Remembrynge'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: shame this scribe uses every form of 's'. More variants to be seen in Wild Letter 1. Kidney-shaped 's' is the initial letter here and is the predominant type for initial 's', though not used exclusively. |  | Usage: tymes 8-shaped 's' is used mainly in final position. |
 | Usage: s(er)uen initial 's' with 'er' abbreviation. |  | Usage: scarsely long 's' does not extend very far below the level of the bottom of the letters. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: blew the letter appears to tilt. |  | Usage: When |
 | Usage: wt the superscript 't' graph is rather larger than usual. |  | Usage: worth |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Myn 'y' has very short tail and is virtually indistinguishable from thorn. |  | Usage: wyse |
 | Usage: day shows 'y' in relation to the preceding letter and the shortness of the tail. |  | Usage: redy |
| s | |||
 | Usage: Is 's' with otiose stroke attached. |  | Usage: She upper case 'S' in initial position. |
 | Usage: se this 's' is used in initial position as well as long 's'. |  | Usage: 'secundus the final 's' in the Incipit. |
| Ascenders | |||
 | Usage: which |  | Usage: bemes |
 | Usage: dere |  | Usage: thre 'h' decoration only in outline. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þer thorn is almost identical with the scribe's 'y'. |  | Usage: þt |
 | Usage: ȝow yogh used as representative of the 'y' sound. |  | Usage: ȝet |
| Mixed bag | |||
 | Usage: O this scribe frequently puts a double stroke inside an upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: In initial upper case 'I' can have none, one, two or three blobs on the stem. Usually limited to one blob. Note also the paraph which often has an elongated horizontal stroke which continues above several letters and an elongated vertical stroke which sometimes extends down beside 4 lines of verse. |
 | Usage: Ȝe yogh used at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: In illuminated upper case 'I' extends the length of one and a half stanzas. The same shape for the 'I' of the incipit can be seen above. |