Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Fairfax 16 |
| Folios: | 1-340 |
| Sampled Folios: | 32v, 90v, 126v, 148v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: al secretary 'a' used throughout as the lower case letter. |  | Usage: legenda anglicana 'a' is used for display script in incipits etc. |
 | Usage: And the scribe has several upper case 'A's one of which is this secretary form with hairline joining stroke. |  | Usage: At upper case 'A' with square lobe and curved approach stroke which begins beneath the graph. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: depe rounded anglicana looped 'd' is used all the time. |  | Usage: domos 'd' with more angular lobe used infrequently. |
 | Usage: Dyse upper case 'D' in the title. |  | Usage: Duke the standard shape of upper case 'D'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: begynne double compartment 'g. |  | Usage: legenda 'g' in the incipit with triangular lower compartment and square upper compartment. |
 | Usage: nygh crossed 'h' to follow 'g'. |  | Usage: myght in terms of formation, the 'g' graph is one of the scribe's less successful ones. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: the the scribe's 'h' is consistently formed. |  | Usage: fressh very occasionally the tail-stroke turns counter-clockwise to finish. |
 | Usage: He upper case letter at the beginning of a line. The formation is the same as the lower case graph except for the pair of spikes attached to the left of the stem. |  | Usage: the one of the scribe's more elaborate display letters for the title. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: storie modern 'r' used in all positions except after 'o'. |  | Usage: rehersen a slightly different shape with occasional use of an approach stroke for the first letter of a word. |
 | Usage: Clamor 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'o' with or without otiose additional stroke. |  | Usage: Ryght upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line and tipped with red. As with upper case 'A', the curving approach stroke begins beneath the graph. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: hys sigma 's' in final position. Also used occasionally in initial position. |  | Usage: sirs kidney 's' also used in final position, probably not as frequently as sigma 's'. |
 | Usage: seye long 's' used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: Sythe |
| W | |||
 | Usage: draweth 'w' is formed in similar fashion whatever its position. |  | Usage: swich occasionally the left arm extends above the previous letter. |
 | Usage: folow |  | Usage: When |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: endyte 'y' is regularly formed. The tail is usually a short turn counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: wynne very occasionally 'y' has a dot above. |
 | Usage: Youre upper case letter at the beginning of a line and tipped with red. |  | Usage: Ye the first word in a stanza hence an even more elaborate letter whose tail extends down past the upper case 'T,' the first letter of the next line. |
| Titles, Catchwords and Decorative Features | |||
 | Usage: Title |  | Usage: Marginal decoration for the above piece. |
 | Usage: Catchword |  | Usage: Incipit |