Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library MS Eng. 920 |
| Folios: | 3-37 (Astrolabe) |
| Sampled Folios: | 3r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: abylte straight-sided 'a' with cross-bar is used throughout. |  | Usage: astirlabye |
 | Usage: haue there is a hairline stroke at an angle to close the head of the graph. |  | Usage: as |
| D | |||
 | Usage: do unlooped 'd' is used, with oval bowl and a short, oblique stroke across the head. |  | Usage: and |
 | Usage: condescendyt |  | Usage: vnd(er)stand the scribe's abbreviations are all neatly executed. Here the comma-like mark with tail stands for the 'er' abbreviation. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: mygth 'g' is tailed and is often open at the head. |  | Usage: towching 'g' in final position with a mark similar to the 'er' abbreviation, here probably representative of a missing 'e'. |
 | Usage: rygthful |  | Usage: begynneth 'g' in the incipit. The scribe's script for the incipit is the same as his normal hand. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: haue the stem of 'h' sometimes has a kink as well as a defined foot. The limb descends from the shoulder also with a kink in the stroke. |  | Usage: him sometimes the head of the stem is split. |
 | Usage: wrappith |  | Usage: philosophir the limb has a kink and ends with a fine extension at right angles to the descender. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rygthful modern 'r' is used in all positions excep after 'o'. |  | Usage: preyer in final position the same flourish mark above the 'r' may represent a missing 'e'. |
 | Usage: p(ro)porcons 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'o'. |  | Usage: oure |
| S | |||
 | Usage: same straight 's' with separate stroke for the angled head and slight serif to the left of the stem. Used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. |
 | Usage: (con)clusions |  | Usage: lewes final 's' which could almost be '8'-shaped at times. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wel 'w' varies little. Both arms are almost straight with slight curve to the left. There is a 'B'-shaped element to the right, also neatly executed. |  | Usage: whyche |
 | Usage: wrappith |  | Usage: towching |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: thyne 'y' is frequently dotted. The tail is often almost non-existent. |  | Usage: p(ra)yere |
 | Usage: astirlabye |  | Usage: tretyyce |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þe thorn only appears to be used in the very short pronoun or article situations. |  | Usage: þat |
 | Usage: þt(supserscript) the head of thorn is frequently left open. |  | Usage: þi the stem of thorn is thick and does not taper. |