Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Lansdowne 851 |
| Folios: | 2-255 |
| Sampled Folios: | 58r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: wardeine the scribe's single compartment lower case 'a'. |  | Usage: Ansewerd the scribe uses an upper case 'A' for this word in the middle of a line. |
 | Usage: And a second type of upper case 'A'. |  | Usage: And the opening word on the folio. Many of the opening letters of folios are similarly decorated, some with faces as in this example. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: stounde a very pointed lobe for 'd'. |  | Usage: Simond final 'd' with descending tag. |
 | Usage: qd the scribe's abbreviation for 'quod'. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: goone the tail of 'g' curves to the right before turning clockwise. |  | Usage: goþe |
 | Usage: wagges |  | Usage: troughe |
| H | |||
 | Usage: sleihte a looped head for 'h' with the loop resting on the top of the shoulder. |  | Usage: hight 'h' at the beginning of a word sometimes has a foot at the bottom of the stem. |
 | Usage: Howe upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line is tipped with yellowish paint and has a curl as an extension to the left side of the stem. This compares with the upper case 'H' of Scribe D who copied Oxford, Corpus Christi College 198 and to which the scribe of Lansdowne had access. |  | Usage: Iohn crossed 'h'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: clerkes on the folios sampled modern 'r' is used with 'z'-shaped 'r'. No sign of long 'r'. |  | Usage: sorte 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o'. A curving otiose stroke from the bottom left of the graph. |
 | Usage: her 'r' in final position with flourish probably to represent a missing final 'e'. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: This kidney 's' used in all final positions and almost always with an otiose tag. |  | Usage: Simkin upper case 'S'. |
 | Usage: schall long 's' used in initial and medial positions usually with lead-in stroke visible. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: where sometimes 'w' is neatly contained as in this example. |  | Usage: swa at other times the top of both arms of 'w' appear to be open. |
 | Usage: howe the scribe's 'w' only has a single lobe on the right side. | ||
| Y | |||
 | Usage: oonely |  | Usage: besely 'y' almost always has a curved stroke above . |
 | Usage: mirþe' / 'besely example to show the typical mark above 'i' and the curving stroke above 'y'. 'i' does not always have the tear-drop mark above, 'y' almost always sports the same curved stroke above the letter. | ||
| e | |||
 | Usage: grinde the first three versions of 'e' here are at the ends of consecutive words. All three are finished in a different way. |  | Usage: oure the stroke attached to 'e' is a decorative feature used by the scribe as he copied. It follows some 'r's, 't's, 'e's, 's's and 'd's. |
 | Usage: corne 'e' which is almost heart-shaped because of the looped extension at the right. |  | Usage: carie the scribe's more usual 'e'. |
| Otiose strokes | |||
 | Usage: bot several of the letters are frequently followed by curving otiose strokes. |  | Usage: Meller |
 | Usage: of |  | Usage: þe |