Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 414 |
| Folios: | 1-218 |
| Sampled Folios: | 19r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: pray single compartment 'a' used throughout. The graph appears square and straight-sided. |  | Usage: Also upper case 'A' in initial position in the line. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: And', 'As', 'And three upper case 'A's at beginnings of lines showing decoration as an extension of the letter in red ink. Some first letters of lines are tipped with red ink. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dede unlooped 'd' is used throughout. |  | Usage: stond very little variation in the form of this letter. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: large tailed 'g' is used throughout. |  | Usage: rekenyng(e-i/s) word at the end of a line with plenty of space for an elaborate abbreviative mark. |
 | Usage: Greet upper case 'G' as initial letter of the line. | ||
| H | |||
 | Usage: shuld 'h' is always set at a slight angle. The stem leans forward and head mainly open. |  | Usage: Here the first letter of a line so presumably the scribe's upper case letter since all other letters at the beginning of lines are upper case. There is no visible distinction between the upper and lower case letter. |
 | Usage: right 'gh' combination with 'h' leaning away from 'g'. | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: rede this 'r', shaped like a 'v' is the one used most frequently in all positions in a word. |  | Usage: oure 'z'-shaped 'r' is also used frequently and is not confined to following 'o'. |
 | Usage: right 'z'-shaped 'r' in initial position. |  | Usage: your 'r' in final position. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: wurdis kidney 's' used only in final position. No other type of 's' is used. |  | Usage: shapen cup-shaped 's' with closing hairline used only in initial position. |
 | Usage: stepe long 's' used in both initial and medial positions. The graph is a thick stroke with a short taper to a fine point at top and bottom. The graph slants to the right. |  | Usage: seith sometimes the head stroke curves over the next letter more than in the previous example. However, this word is on the top line of text where there is more head space. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wurdis |  | Usage: welcum the 'we' at the beginning of the word. |
 | Usage: Whan upper case 'W' which occurs at the beginning of a line. The letter is perhaps marginally taller than the lower case one but formed in exactly the same way. | Usage: whoso on the top line of verse hence the extended first stroke. | |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: pley the curve at the end of the tail of 'y' varies in the amount it is curved back. Sometimes it is more or less straight. |  | Usage: you |
 | Usage: ye on the bottom line there are three 'y's with extended tails. Even in the body of the text the tails of 'y' demonstrate a much lighter pressure on the nib. |  | Usage: Ye 'Y' in upper case position. |
| v | |||
 | Usage: vndirstond the initial letter of this word looks very much like kidney 's'. |  | Usage: vitaile |
| I | |||
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: I |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þat the lobe of thorn is almost the same length as the stem. |  | Usage: þey thorn is only used twice on this folio. |
| Ampersand | |||
 | Usage: Ampersand the only example of an ampersand on this folio. | ||