Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.15 (595) |
| Sampled Folios: | 37v, 78v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: a an oval-shaped lobe to single compartment 'a'. |  | Usage: Axe the scribe occasionally uses an upper case 'A' for some words within the text. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: alios from the Latin gloss in the margin of f78v. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: wolde unlooped 'd' used throughout. |  | Usage: armed 'd' in final position with tag. |
 | Usage: and the two strokes which go to make up the scribe's 'd' may be seen clearly in this example. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: fight characteristic tailed 'g' of this scribe with short, straight tail-stroke |  | Usage: legges a slight left-ward inclination on the descender |
 | Usage: high the lobe of 'g' is often very small. |  | Usage: maryage 'g' with more pronounced curve to the tail. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: her the usual presentation of 'h'. It is a squat graph with head-loop and short limb. |  | Usage: Howe 'H' as the first letter of the last line of text and the scribe continues the tail-stroke of the letter into the ruled parallel lines of the left margin. |
 | Usage: sight in the scribe's crossed 'h', the horizontal line usually just grazes the top of the letter. |  | Usage: holde 'h' on the top line with exaggerated ascender extending into the space. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: euery modern 'r' used extensively. The stem descends at an angle. The shoulder is detached. |  | Usage: brode 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and some consonants. |
 | Usage: harde the scribe rarely uses long 'r'. The fork, such as it is, is close to the top of the initial stroke. |  | Usage: Rome upper case 'R' with arched approach stroke beginning below the body of the letter. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: p(ar)amouris kidney-shaped 's' used in final positions. |  | Usage: Som upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
 | Usage: assembled long 's' used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: sent long 's' used in initial position with head-stroke arching over following graphs.. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: knowe this form of 'w' with looped head occurs occasionally. |  | Usage: wolle the form of 'w' with or without an approach stroke which is the most frequently used form of the letter. |
 | Usage: welle |  | Usage: was a 'w' on the top line with strapwork decoration, a feature of some letters on the top lines of folios in this manuscript. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: mayst the tail of 'y' is usually straight. Here there is a slight flick to the right. |  | Usage: myght the tail frequently extends back under several letters at a forty-five degree angle. |
 | Usage: Ye an unusual upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: you the same arched lead-in stroke as in the example of the upper case 'Y' though not so pronounced. |
| Upper Case Oddities | |||
 | Usage: Thy the vertical line is the ruled margin line, not part of the distinctive circular 'T'. |  | Usage: Of a curly stroke through the centre of the graph as decoration. |
 | Usage: Nowe |  | Usage: Custaunce |
| I | |||
 | Usage: I upper case 'I' is distinctive with the appearance of a modern number 7. |  | Usage: Is |
 | Usage: Imprudent | ||