Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 35286 |
| Sampled Folios: | 54r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: Than single compartment lower case 'a' used habitually throughout the text. However, double compartment lower case 'a's may still be found. |  | Usage: tale double compartment straight-sided lower case 'a'. |
| Usage: And double compartment upper case 'A' used as the initial letter of the line. |  | Usage: bathe double compartment lower case 'a' used in the running title. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: and typical lower case looped 'd'. |  | Usage: good frequently, as here in the rubric, the loop of the letter extends back over previous letters. |
 | Usage: badde |  | Usage: Dame upper case 'D' as the initial letter of the line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: almagest 'g' with slight backward slope. |  | Usage: good occasionally the lower lobe of 'g' is much rounder and the letter resembles a number 8. |
 | Usage: god |  | Usage: Gladly upper case 'G' in initial position. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: whether the basic 'h' of this scribe is the first 'h' in this word and appears with variations as seen below. |  | Usage: honde the sharper angle from the top of the stem and the shape of the loop which returns and crosses the main shaft is very similar to this scribe's formation of the letter 'l'. Note the final tail stroke curves round and returns to join the following letter giving an impression of speedy execution. |
 | Usage: forth triangular looped head. |  | Usage: How upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: whether modern 'r' always follows 'e' 'a' and 'i'. |  | Usage: or 'z'-shaped 'r' is always selected to follow 'o' whether in final position or in the middle of a word as demonstrated in the next example. |
 | Usage: corrected 'z'-shaped 'r' is followed by modern 'r' in this word. |  | Usage: Rede upper case 'R' in initial position. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: ensamples short sigma 's' used in final position. |  | Usage: shal sigma 's' is also used occasionally in initial position. |
 | Usage: Seyde upper case 'S' in initial position. |  | Usage: maistow 'st' combination with long 's'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whether the typical shape of the 'w' of this scribe, here on the top line of text. The loop of the first stroke arches over the rest of the letter. |  | Usage: Now occasionally the first loop is lower than the second. |
 | Usage: yow the first loop of 'w' does not extend over the whole letter as in version 1. This is more likely to happen when 'w' is not in initial position. |  | Usage: Wif in the running title. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yow a typically formed 'y'. The tail is shorter or longer according to space and position. |  | Usage: yif |
 | Usage: your | ||
| Looped letters | |||
 | Usage: be war the loop of 'b'. |  | Usage: protholome the loop of 'l'. |
 | Usage: laugh the loop of 'h'. The loops on these letters are everywhere apparent and their consistent formation give the hand a distinctive and even quality. | ||