Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Arch. Selden B.14 |
| Sampled Folios: | 276v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: alle double compartment 'a' used throughout. Occasionally the scribe creates a small overhang to the right of the top stroke. Apart from that there is little variation in the formation of the letter. |  | Usage: And upper case 'A'. Again the shape of upper case 'A' hardly varies on this folio. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: goode almost no variation on this letter. |  | Usage: David upper case 'D'. The three examples on this folio vary little. |
 | Usage: qd 'd' with tail. |  | Usage: sadd |
| G | |||
 | Usage: god anglicana 'g' always used where 'g' is the initial letter of the word. It occurs medially once only, in the combination 'gh'. |  | Usage: nought secretary 'g' used in almost all cases where the 'g' is within the word or is the final letter, as in the word 'thing'. |
 | Usage: oughte | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: hope the shape of 'h' is almost invariable. |  | Usage: hateth the 'th' combination with crossed 'h'. The aspect of this scribe's hand is that the script appears slightly angled and this is seen here especially in the 't'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: vnderstonde modern 'r' used throughout in all positions. |  | Usage: lord 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and also after 'p'. |
 | Usage: verry the scribe's letters are evenly spaced throughout and the hand is very controlled and even. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: was sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. Again there is very little variation in the letter form. |  | Usage: confession long 's' always used in medial positions. Double 's' formed as here with shorter first stroke. |
 | Usage: s(er)uice 'er' abbreviation attached to initial 's'. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: were |  | Usage: withoute occasionally the top of the second stroke is left open. |
 | Usage: what 'w' is always a separate letter as seen here in the 'wh' combination. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: foryeuenesse 'y' almost always has this mark above. A similar though smaller mark is sometimes present above 'i'. |  | Usage: body the only 'y' on the folio with just a dot above. The mark following is not an extension of the tail of 'y' but a virgule which the scribe uses consistently |
| Ampersand | |||
 | Usage: The scribe's regular ampersand. |  | Usage: The same basic configuration which varies according to space available. |
 | Usage: |  | Usage: Two ampersands intertwined. |
| c | |||
 | Usage: criste 'c' frequently has a short horn above the head of the letter. |  | Usage: couenable |
 | Usage: chirche | ||