Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 4912 |
| Folios: | 1-175 |
| Sampled Folios: | 43r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and the shape of the lower case 'a' varies little on this folio. |  | Usage: And upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line. |
 | Usage: And another example of a different upper case 'A', again at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: And yet another type of upper case 'A' to begin a stanza. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: god this form of unlooped 'd' is used interchangeably with v2. |  | Usage: Cupyde |
 | Usage: dwelle a third type of lower case 'd' found as the initial letter in at least five words on this folio. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: glorifie 'g' used in initial position. The upper compartment is not always closed. |  | Usage: comyng 'g' used in final position. The lower compartment is oval in shape. |
 | Usage: Gou(er)naunce upper case 'G'. | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: he 'h' as the initial letter of a word. Where 'h' begins a word, it nearly always has a foot beneath the stem on the left side. The head is left open. |  | Usage: thyng looped head-stroke resting on the top of the shoulder. |
 | Usage: lowgh 'gh' combination with limb and then tail-stroke flicked to the right rather than curving clockwise as in the previous examples. |  | Usage: his 'h' with heightened ascender on top line of verse. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ryght an example of long 'r' as the initial letter. |  | Usage: nomor z'-shaped 'r' in final position. This 'r' occurs more frequently than long 'r' and is not confined merely to following 'o'. |
 | Usage: your final 'r' with flourish. The 'z'-shaped 'r' is more usually found in final position. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: keys sigma 's' in final position. |  | Usage: semyth a typical long 's' with thick tapering stem and fine head stroke. |
 | Usage: Cresseyde |  | Usage: She the first letter of a new stanza and therefore slightly more exaggerated. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: threw looped anglicana 'w' with three mainly even loops. |  | Usage: Wtowtyn this current form of 'w' is used both within a word as here, or as an initial letter. |
 | Usage: why 'w' in initial position with lead-in stroke. |  | Usage: With used as the initial letter of a line of verse. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Wtowtyn 'y' varies in the length and angle of the tail-stroke. |  | Usage: semyth |
 | Usage: keys | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: And some of the scribe's upper case letters have a spidery aspect as here with the initial upper case letter of a stanza. |  | Usage: But another upper case letter used at the beginning of a stanza. |
 | Usage: ffell the first letter of the opening stanza of the folio. |  | Usage: Ioye upper case 'I'. |