Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Holkham, Norfolk, Holkham Hall, Collection of the Earl of Leicester MS 667 |
| Folios: | 1-86 |
| Sampled Folios: | 45r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and a straight-sided single compartment 'a' with cross-stroke which gives the appearance of a double compartment. |  | Usage: companye the upper lobe of 'a' stands above surrounding letters. |
 | Usage: Aboute upper case letter at the beginning of a line. | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: worde the scribe's most usual form of looped 'd'. |  | Usage: done in initial position, the lobe of 'd' becomes very angular. |
 | Usage: hyd 'd' in final position with vertical descending tag. |  | Usage: condicion of exhuberance on the top line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gode double compartment 'g' in initial position showing clearly the placing of the lower lobe of the letter on the line itself. |  | Usage: might |
 | Usage: doughter |  | Usage: God |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hakeney rounded head-loop and gently curving limb and short tail continuing the clockwise movement. |  | Usage: shull the scribe's formation of lower case 'h' is very consistent. |
 | Usage: Howe upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. The scribe does not always use this form with two protuberances on the stem. Other upper case 'H's are the same in form as the lower case ones. |  | Usage: harme 'h' on the top line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: neighburgh modern 'r' used in all positions except where 'z'-shaped 'r' appears after 'o', 'e' and a few consonants. |  | Usage: Surry |
 | Usage: or 'z'-shaped 'r' with otiose stroke descending from the lower left of the letter. This stroke is not always present. |  | Usage: Reported |
| S | |||
 | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' used invariably in final position. |  | Usage: same long 's' used initially and medially. |
 | Usage: cristemesse |  | Usage: Surry |
| W | |||
 | Usage: vnwrappeth lower case 'w' varies little in shape except for the length of the left arm of the letter and the presence or absence of an approach stroke. |  | Usage: woll |
 | Usage: wt an abbreviation used on several occasions. |  | Usage: Whenne |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ys 'y' is neatly formed and varies little. |  | Usage: yere occasionally the tail of 'y' is taken up to the next letter. |
 | Usage: Yet 'Y' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: spycerye two 'y's vying for descenders with the otiose descender from 'r'. |