Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library MS A.4.18 (110) |
| Folios: | 1r-258v |
| Sampled Folios: | 93r, 101r, 137v, 169r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: lyma double compartment anglicana 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: maade here the heads of the two graphs are closed by hairlines. |
 | Usage: And upper case 'A' with distinctive square lobe. |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: god a neat looped 'd' is used throughout. |  | Usage: husbond 'd' in final position with tag. |
 | Usage: hadden there is so little variation in this graph that it is difficult to find examples. |  | Usage: quod an expanded version of this word rather than the more usual abbreviated form. It still has a tagged final 't' that is found in the shortened examples. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: algatis in places an '8'-shaped 'g' is used. |  | Usage: god a much more angular letter than in version 1. |
 | Usage: Glose serrated left side and decorated with vertical parallel lines. |  | Usage: lordyng(es) 'g' with abbreviative mark for the plural element. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: him the tail-stroke of 'h' is neatly contained. The stem is upright and the head is looped |  | Usage: suche |
 | Usage: Hongid at the beginning of a line and therefore perhaps an upper case letter. There is a slight foot at the base of the stem. |  | Usage: THis this letter 'H' follows an illuminated initial and is a more elaborate upper case letter than the one in version 3. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: maner modern 'r' used most of the time in all positions. |  | Usage: wer long 'r' is rarely found on these folios but in final position it has a flourish probably for the missing 'e'.. |
 | Usage: membris 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after round-bodied graphs. |  | Usage: Remeued a very upright upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: is a 'B'-shaped 's' is used in final position. |  | Usage: so a triangular sigma 's' occasionally used initially. |
 | Usage: Sum |  | Usage: Som an elaborate version of upper case 'S'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: were the most usual form of 'w'. |  | Usage: who looped head for this 'w'. |
 | Usage: Were 'W' at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: Whiche a more upright form of upper case 'W'. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: wryng |  | Usage: slayn |
 | Usage: Compleynyd | ||
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: growiþ thorn is frequently used for any 'th' combination. |  | Usage: boþe |
 | Usage: ȝaf yogh is also used fairly frequently to represent the 'y' sound as well as 'gh'. |  | Usage: ryȝt |
| T | |||
 | Usage: Truste the scribe has a number of variations for upper case 'T'. |  | Usage: That |
 | Usage: Telle | ||