Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 23002 |
| Folios: | 1-53 |
| Sampled Folios: | 11r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: day the single compartment graph is the most usual form of lower case 'a'. |  | Usage: day double compartment 'a' used within a word is frequently taller and larger than surrounding letters. |
 | Usage: Among | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: degre the lobe of 'd' can be sharp or rounded. |  | Usage: border the upper loop often bends back over previous letters. |
 | Usage: eend 'd' with tag in final position. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: grauen double compartment 'g' used throughout. |  | Usage: degre the right side of the lower compartment is usually a thick vertical stroke. |
 | Usage: lernyng 'g' in final position with tag. |  | Usage: spryng final 'g' with flourish. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: thyn the limb is thick and curves gently as it descends. |  | Usage: the the limb is thick and straight. |
 | Usage: both crossed 'h' after 't' when in final position. |  | Usage: nyght crossed 'h' in 'ght' combination. The cross-stroke usually sits on top of the head of the graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: degre the penultimate letter in the word which just appears as a single line with no return. |  | Usage: errour 'z'-shaped 'r' followed by long 'r' to form the double 'rr'. Long 'r' is set below the level of the first 'r' because of the descender of 'f' in the word above. |
 | Usage: nadyr .z.-shaped 'r' and long 'r' alternate in the text. |  | Usage: wher final 'r' with flourish probably to represent a final 'e'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: co(m)pas sigma 's' as final letter. |  | Usage: as kidney 's' as the final letter. |
 | Usage: 'Sett a down agayne upper case 'S' used at the beginning of a new phrase. |  | Usage: sett long 's'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: down the limbs are thick strokes. |  | Usage: wel 'w' as the initial letter of a word with lead-in stroke to the left limb. |
 | Usage: knowynge |  | Usage: wt |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: lernyng 'y' varies in the length and curvature of the tail. |  | Usage: thy just a slight curve on the thick descender which constitutes the tail. |
 | Usage: ney with tail of 'y' returning over the top of the body of the letter. |  | Usage: thyn |
| Ampersand | |||
Usage: Ampersand formed both with and without a stroke above. | Usage: | ||
 | Usage: |  | Usage: The ampersand that went wrong! |
| Abbreviations | |||
 | Usage: co(m)pas macron with dot beneath for missing 'm'. |  | Usage: thyn 'n' with flourish. |
 | Usage: prikk(es) 'es' abbreviation. |  | Usage: almyca(n)t(er)as 'er' abbreviation. |
| Upper case letters | |||
 | Usage: Iustely upper case 'I' which appears as a complete arch which almost meets at the bottom. |  | Usage: SEtte the upper case 'E' is the second letter of the word. The first 'S' should have been either a flourished initial or a decorated one. It is missing with just the guide letter visible in the space. |
 | Usage: Remeue upper case 'R' at the beginning of a sentence. |  | Usage: To upper case 'T' at the beginning of a sentence. |