Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean 182 |
| Folios: | 1-138 |
| Sampled Folios: | 117r, 123v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: Principally double compartment 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: That usually the two compartments appear to be the same size. |
 | Usage: fale occasionally the upper compartment is bigger than the lower. |  | Usage: Alas a distinctive upper case 'A' used throughout on the folios examined. It is the horizontal bar which crosses the graph at the top of the lobe which is different. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: desire the scribe uses unlooped 'd' which varies little whether in initial, medial or final position. |  | Usage: stered |
 | Usage: dedis the angle of the down-stroke is essentially the same in each example. |  | Usage: mandato medial 'd' in the Latin gloss in the hand of the scribe. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: guerdon all the scribe's graphs are controlled and evenly formed. Tailed 'g' is used throughout and again there is little variation in the graph. |  | Usage: kynge there may be slight variation in the curve of the tail-stroke. The head of the graph is almost always the same with a thick descender sometimes slightly curved as in this example. |
 | Usage: regimine 'g' from Latin gloss in the hand of the scribe. |  | Usage: Gracious upper case 'G'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: honoure lower case 'h' varies little and is always neatly executed. |  | Usage: Herkenith in the combination 'th' in final position, 'h' is always crossed. |
 | Usage: Schall |  | Usage: Herkenith distinctive looped side-stroke variant on the 'h' graph for the upper case rendition. The head-stroke is no longer a loop but a separate stroke curved at each end. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: roiall modern 'r' is used in initial, medial and final positions. The formation does not vary. |  | Usage: dispreise 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o', 'p' and 'w'. |
 | Usage: hedir 'r' in final position. |  | Usage: Reioyse upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: schuldyn long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. The head-stroke is separately scribed and curves down to form a ligature with the following 't'. |  | Usage: dedis kidney 's' is used exclusively in final position. |
 | Usage: excessife |  | Usage: Schall the curving top stroke of upper case 'S' ends with a final loop back to connect with the stroke. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: worthi the scribe has two variant shapes for the 'w' graph which are used randomly. This variant has a third stroke at the right forming a single lobe. |  | Usage: woo this variation of 'w' has a double, 'B'-shaped element on the right side. |
 | Usage: tweyne 't' connects with the left curved arm of the 'w' graph. |  | Usage: Whiche upper case 'W' has a horizontal stroke across the top of the graph. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: lyue the scribe's formation of 'y' is extremely regular. |  | Usage: atteyne the angle of turn on the tail of 'y' varies little. |
 | Usage: seyne occasionally the tail of 'y' extends a little further than usual. |  | Usage: annuyte |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þinge the stem of thorn is copied at an angle. Thorn is used only occasionally. |  | Usage: þt abbreviation with superscript 't' neatly housed in the fork between the stem and lobe of thorn. |
 | Usage: ȝerely yogh used initially as equivalent of 'y'. |  | Usage: myȝt yogh is also used as equivalent of 'gh' in this combination. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That the scribe has a number of distinctive forms for upper case letters. |  | Usage: But |
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: O |
| More Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Cursius |  | Usage: Pricipally |
 | Usage: No |  | Usage: Exemplu(m) |