Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | England, Longleat House, Marquess of Bath MS 257 |
| Folios: | 53-89v |
| Sampled Folios: | 77v |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: abundant double compartment 'a' with horned additional head-stroke. The majority of the scribe's lower case 'a's follow this pattern. |  | Usage: as in some words the horned top is less pronounced. |
 | Usage: A the scribe has a number of different versions for upper case 'A'. |  | Usage: And a more elaborate version with arching lead-in stroke. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: delectable 'd' in initial position. |  | Usage: lond 'd' in final position with slight extension on the looped return. |
 | Usage: drede the upper loop sloping backwards is a feature of the scribe's 'd'. When the 'd' occurs medially the upper loop frequently lies back over the previous graph. |  | Usage: Discrete upper case 'D' with 2-shaped initial element. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gye double compartment 'g' used throughout. As here, the 'g' frequently sits on the line above the level of following graphs. |  | Usage: yong 'g' in final position. As in version 1 the 'g' sits on the line and as the final graph has a hairline tail which first arches up the descendsbelow the line. |
 | Usage: hegges |  | Usage: might the 'ght' combination with 'g' set rather lower than in the previous examples. The upper lobe is square-shaped with hairline connectos on either side and scooped horned head-stroke to finish. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: his 'h' in initial position. |  | Usage: thurgh 'h' in final position following 'g' is usually crossed. |
 | Usage: such 'h' as final letter after 'c'. |  | Usage: Have 'H' as the first letter of the line. The upper case letter does not vary from the lower case one. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: roote long 'r' in initial position. Long 'r' is used in all positions except after 'o'. |  | Usage: honour long 'r' in final position with flourish. |
 | Usage: lord 'z'-shaped 'e' after 'o'. |  | Usage: matier the only example of modern 'r' on this folio. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: speke both sigma 's' and long 's' are used in initial position. |  | Usage: lordes sigma 's' in final position. |
 | Usage: side long 's' in initial position. It is always used medially. |  | Usage: Save upper case graph at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: west the scribe has two basic 'w' shapes. This is the more angular version. |  | Usage: was the second type of this graph. |
 | Usage: Well upper case example of version 1 found at the beginning of a line. |  | Usage: Wedd upper case example of version 2 found at the beginning of a line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: playne the common shape of 'y'. |  | Usage: yong 'y' in initial position with slightly etended tail. |
 | Usage: they 'y' in final position. |  | Usage: Yit 'Y' as the first letter of the line. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Down a second version of upper case 'D'. |  | Usage: Both upper case 'B' at the beginning of a line. |
 | Usage: In the scribe's upper case 'I'. |  | Usage: Or upper case 'O' again at the beginning of a line. |