Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Hatton Donat. 1 |
| Folios: | 1-257 |
| Sampled Folios: | 75v, 167v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: man double compartment 'a' used most of the time. The upper compartment is slightly smaller than the lower one. |  | Usage: fall single compartment 'a' can also be found. On some folios it is used more than on others. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: Amen the upper case graph. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: day looped 'd' used almost all the time. |  | Usage: endeth the scribe uses unlooped 'd' in the rubric. |
 | Usage: wold 'd' in final position often has an extension to form a sort of tag. |  | Usage: godd(es) 'es' abbreviation attached to the extended loop-stroke. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: grauen of the two folios examined, double compartment 'g' is only used in the last few lines of the Cook's Tale on f75v. Thereafter, secretary 'g' takes over. |  | Usage: gode tailed 'g' with short tail. |
 | Usage: king 'g' with tail turning counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: God upper case 'G' with bisecting vertical stroke. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hoste the head loop of 'h' is usually angled and rests on the shoulder of the graph. The tail-stroke is usually tucked neatly away beneath the body of the graph. |  | Usage: her(e) occasionally the tail loops back, crossing the limb and joining to the next graph. |
 | Usage: herkeneth very occasionally the limb of 'h' descends in a straight line before flicking to the right. |  | Usage: He the upper case graph is the same as the lower case one. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: renoune on the folios examined, long 'r' is used used most of the time in all positions. |  | Usage: prest modern 'r' is used occasionally. |
 | Usage: fader 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o' and 'e' on these folios. |  | Usage: wher(e) long 'r' in final position often has a flourish indicative of a missing 'e'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: stode long 's' is always used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: nones in final position both sigma 's' and kidney-shaped 's' are used. |
 | Usage: his kidney-shaped 's' in final position. |  | Usage: Squiers |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wedding the scribe has two forms of 'w' which alternate to no apparent pattern. Here a loop-headed form has a single lobe to the right. |  | Usage: wedding here a 'w' with straight limbs and the 'B'-shaped element to the right. |
 | Usage: wil with an example showing both types of graph. |  | Usage: Whi upper case 'W' exists in both forms. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: body the tail of 'y' is very variable, from a straight line as in version 3 to a relatively curled tail as in this example. |  | Usage: latyn |
 | Usage: gamelyn short straight tail-stroke. |  | Usage: bachelry |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þere thorn is used frequently but does not replace 'th' in general. It is mainly used for the definite article, pronouns and demonstratives though may also be found as a replacement 'th' on a few occasions. |  | Usage: þing |
 | Usage: oþer |  | Usage: þe thorn is also used in the rubrics. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Tel |  | Usage: Nay |
 | Usage: But |  | Usage: Of |