Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Scotland, Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Library MS 123 |
| Folios: | 10v-30v |
| Sampled Folios: | 10v (lines 1-15), 28r (lines 6-28) |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: quarters single compartment 'a' used as the lower case graph. |  | Usage: abilite |
 | Usage: astrolabie the scribe's hand is not particularly neat and his letter formation is not consistent. |  | Usage: And swiftly formed upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: doth 'd' is actually fairly consistently formed, usually with upper loop slightly in advance of the lower lobe. |  | Usage: altitude a more angular lobe with reverse pen-turned top to the descender rather than a completed loop. |
 | Usage: altitudes |  | Usage: chyldryn |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gret flat-topped tailed 'g' with minimal tail-stroke. |  | Usage: ygeuen |
 | Usage: ap(er)teynyng 'g' in final position with tiny downward flick at the end of the horizontal extension. |  | Usage: towchyng |
| H | |||
 | Usage: haue wide head-loop with shoulder and limb descending from the centre of the loop. |  | Usage: philosophie strangely, both 'h's in this word have the head-stroke as a horizontal line. |
 | Usage: þrogh when 'h' follows 'g' it is usually crossed. However on each occasion where 'h' follows 'g', the body of 'h' has become obliterated with ink. |  | Usage: shynyng |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rekne the link to the shoulder of 'r' springs from line level which is at the lower level of surrounding graphs. |  | Usage: quarters |
 | Usage: befor 'r' in final position is flourished, perhaps to indicate a missing final 'e'. |  | Usage: prayerys |
| S | |||
 | Usage: science the thick head of the descender protrudes above the initiation of the curved head-stroke. |  | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position as is sigma 's'. |
 | Usage: prayerys the alternation of the two 's' graphs in final position is random. |  | Usage: shyne scooped head-stroke to link on to following 'h'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: world 'w' is always of the same formation with two thick, fairly straight limbs whose heads turn towards the right. There is a single lobe as the final element. |  | Usage: nowmbre |
 | Usage: wt the scribe uses abbreviations for 'that' and 'with'. |  | Usage: |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Lytyl the tail of 'y' is usually of generous length and curvature. However, see version 4. |  | Usage: preyer |
 | Usage: slyly |  | Usage: very another example of the over-inking which causes blobs of ink to infill the body of some graphs. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: boþe thorn is used frequently in all situations. It usually has a straight tapering stem as in this example. |  | Usage: wheþ(er) the scribe curves the stem of thorn in this example. |
 | Usage: oriȝont a single example of yogh on the two folios examined. Here used as representative of 'z'. | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Than there are few upper case letters in the text but 'T' does occur quite frequently. It is always formed as in this example. |  | Usage: I the scribe has two forms of 'i'. In this example the scribe uses a curved approach stroke to the head and adds a separate dot to the right of the shaft. |
 | Usage: Bred first initial of the title with loss of the corner of the paper leaf which now shows the repair. |  | Usage: I the second version of the scribe's 'I' with looped and hooked head stroke. |