Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 600 |
| Folios: | 1-286 |
| Sampled Folios: | 17v, 62r, 119v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as single compartment 'a' with squarish lobe. |  | Usage: At the scribe has two versions of upper case 'A'. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: alday single compartment 'a' has a horned head. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: louede mainly unlooped 'd' is used. |  | Usage: ridyng very occasionally the scribe does use looped 'd'. |
 | Usage: dispence curved and arched stroke to close off the single lobe of 'd'. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: ageyn secretary 'g' with reverse curve of the descender. |  | Usage: giterne the scribe quite often attaches an extra hairline stroke above the start of the horizontal stroke. |
 | Usage: lough |  | Usage: singe |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hoppe the stem of 'h' leans to the right. The limb is short and stumpy. |  | Usage: his the scribe leaves an extra hairline presumably as he penned the stem of 'h', making a second stroke to finish the loop at the head. |
 | Usage: He the bifurcation at the top is visible also on this upper case 'H'. |  | Usage: He was the first word of the folio. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ridyng thick stem for modern 'r'. |  | Usage: prentise 'z'-shaped 'r' is also used. |
 | Usage: Rubible |  | Usage: Reuel the scribe sometimes uses a more elaborate form of upper case 'R' than in version 3. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: as note the horned effect on top of this 's' used exclusively in final position on this folio. |  | Usage: seyn bifurcation visible at the top of most 's's. Long 's' is used initially and medially. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: (H)e was 'w' with arched and extended left limb is used most frequently on this folio. |  | Usage: swich there are a few examples of 'w' with looped head on this folio. |
 | Usage: word |  | Usage: Wel upper case 'W' with an approach stroke which takes advantage of space in the left margin. A foot at the base of the left limb. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ridyng the tail of 'y' is variously configured. |  | Usage: seyn |
 | Usage: ageyn occasionally the tail of 'y' is truncated as here. | ||
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þider thorn is used frequently for 'th', not just in abbreviated words such as 'þat' or 'þ(er)', but in the middle of words as well. |  | Usage: trouþe the stem is fairly short. It curves and tapers towards the bottom. |
 | Usage: boþen |  | Usage: þe thorn is also used in the running titles. |
| Abbreviative Marks | |||
 | Usage: p(ar)amo(ur) |  | Usage: þ(er) |
 | Usage: p(ar)amo(ur) |  | Usage: co(n)uertible |
| I | |||
 | Usage: I a strange version of upper case 'I' with a very short stem, almost shorter than the approach stroke, and an attached shadow stroke which is also longer than the stem itself. |  | Usage: Ioli |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Out |  | Usage: To |
 | Usage: But |  | Usage: Vpon |