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Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Harley 2382 |
| Folios: | 1-129 |
| Sampled Folios: | 97r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: mayde secretary 'a' used throughout the text on this folio. |  | Usage: ffabula double compartment 'a' used in title. |
 | Usage: Monialis another double compartment 'a' reserved for the title. | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: Lady the scribe's 'd's are looped but vary quite a bit in shape. |  | Usage: Lord the final letter of the first word of text. |
 | Usage: De an elaborate form of 'd' in the title. |  | Usage: mod(er) 'd' with 'er' abbreviation attached. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: large tailed secretary 'g' with curving descender. |  | Usage: gyden |
 | Usage: konnyng where 'g' is in final position, the tail loops round and crosses the descender. |  | Usage: light combination of 'ght'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: how a very current form of 'h'. |  | Usage: thyn the tail loops round, crosses the limb and continues to link with the following graph. |
 | Usage: shewen | ||
| R | |||
 | Usage: heryyng long 'r' used rarely. |  | Usage: p(ar)formed modern 'r' used in all positions. |
 | Usage: honour where 'r' is in final position in a word, it frequently has a flourish, even if the word is not the last word in the line. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: is sigma 's' in final position. |  | Usage: self long 's' frequently has a backward tilt. |
 | Usage: som sigma 's' is used initially as frequently as long 's'. |  | Usage: worthynesse |
| W | |||
 | Usage: world current 'w' with separate left limb. |  | Usage: whos occasionally the scribe has a short lead-in stroke when 'w' is the initial letter. |
 | Usage: woll the left limb is frequently much shorter and placed further above the line than the second element. |  | Usage: Wher upper case 'W'. The scribe does not use upper case letters for the beginning of each line. He uses them to begin a new stanza and tips the letter with red ink. We may assume therefore that this is the scribe's 'W'. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: thyn the shape of 'y' is fairly consistent. However, the tail can be very long. |  | Usage: any word tail of 'y' extends beneath the first two letters of the next word. |
 | Usage: heryyng |  | Usage: y shall 'y' used to replace 'I'. |
| Stanza marker | |||
 | Usage: The scribe uses this trefoil mark at the beginning of each stanza. |  | Usage: |
 | Usage: My | ||
| Abbreviative Marks | |||
 | Usage: reu(er)ence 'er' abbreviation used quite frequently by the scribe. | Usage: p(ra)yer several examples of 'ra' abbreviation on this folio. | |
 | Usage: childre(n) macron |  | Usage: p(ar)formed |
| Thorn with superscript | |||
 | Usage: þe thorn is not used throughout. It is possible that the scribe uses it to save space? Note that the shaft of thorn is always set at an angle. |  | Usage: þt |
 | Usage: þi | ||
| Ampersand | |||
 | Usage: Ampersand the ampersand is of perfunctory shape. Here the letter 'l' from the word below can be seen at the bottom left of the image. |  | Usage: Ampersand |
 | Usage: Ampersand | ||