Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Pembroke College MS 215 |
| Folios: | 1-72v |
| Sampled Folios: | 60v, 61r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as double compartment 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: and occasionally the two compartments are not closed. |
 | Usage: may | ||
| D | |||
 | Usage: and looped 'd' used throughout. |  | Usage: done the lower lobe of 'd' is generally rounded. |
 | Usage: qd 'd' with vertical descending tag after 'quod' abbreviation. | ||
| G | |||
 | Usage: goode double compartment 'g' is the usual graph. The lower compartment is generally triangular. |  | Usage: þinge |
 | Usage: wight |  | Usage: kynges a current form of graph shaped like a letter 's' with two hairline strokes to close the compartments. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: haþe the stem of 'h' often has a backward slant. |  | Usage: holde(n) the scribe frequently loops the tail-stroke of 'h' round to connect back with the body of the letter. |
 | Usage: muchel |  | Usage: schewede the tail-stroke frequently curves down below several letters. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: conferme long 'r' is used in all positions except after 'o'. The fork of the letter is usually set high, above the level of the lower part of surrounding letters. |  | Usage: power 'r' in final position with flourish. |
 | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o'. | ||
| S | |||
 | Usage: as sigma 's' is only used in final position. |  | Usage: þinges 8-shaped 's' is also only used in final position. |
 | Usage: is long 's' is used in every position even, as here, as the final letter of a word. This is a distinctive feature of this scribe's hand. | ||
| W | |||
 | Usage: knowen the left limb of 'w' is often separate from the rest of the graph. |  | Usage: wole a curled approach stroke to 'w' as the initial letter of a word. |
 | Usage: wiȝt 'w' is frequently formed with the second arm of the letter lower than the first. |  | Usage: worlde although the ink is much more degraded on this folio, the basic form of 'w' is the same. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yuel in initial position the vertical left arm of 'y' stands well above the right. The angle of return on the tail is more or less the same in all three examples. |  | Usage: openly |
 | Usage: myȝty the tail of 'y' frequently connects with the following letter. | ||
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: strenkeþes thorn is used for 'th' in every conceivable position. It is used in all the usual combinations for definite articles and demonstratives as well as in verbs and to replace 'th' whenever needed. |  | Usage: þanne |
 | Usage: haþe |  | Usage: þ(er)offe |
| Yogh | |||
 | Usage: ȝif yogh is also used frequently. It represents the sounds of both 'y' and 'gh'. |  | Usage: wiȝt here the 'i' is followed closely by yogh. |
 | Usage: nouȝt |  | Usage: myȝt |
| I | |||
 | Usage: I the regularly formed upper case 'I'. There is usually a punctus on either side to distinguish it. It is a distinctive letter form in this scribe's hand. |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: I upper case 'I' as two closed loops to the left of a stem. |
| Abbreviative Marks | |||
 | Usage: reme(m)br(e) the scribe frequently uses macrons to replace 'n's and 'm's. |  | Usage: ma(n) here the scribe uses a flourish to replace the 'n'. |
 | Usage: gete(n) |  | Usage: sente(n)ce |