Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 45680 |
| Folios: | fragment ff48r-49v |
| Sampled Folios: | 48r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as single compartment lower case 'a' has either a square lobe or an oval one as in version 2. |  | Usage: wat(er) |
 | Usage: Capitulu(m) |  | Usage: And all upper case 'A's are as here. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dwell 'd's are mainly unlooped as in this version. |  | Usage: old an occasional looped 'd' is used. Here it occurs in final position with trailing tag. |
 | Usage: dede |  | Usage: De |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goshauk 'g' is tailed with horizontal slash leaving the lobe at the head. The tail is short and contained following a clockwise curve. |  | Usage: bredyng when 'g' is in final position, the horizontal slash ends in an upward curl. |
 | Usage: sprugyng (mispelt, perhaps because the word is carried over to the next line) |  | Usage: passage the head-stroke here has a horned look. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: herte a deeply curved head-loop almost lying on the top of the shoulder. |  | Usage: rynnyth the limb descends vertically. |
 | Usage: eu(er)ych |  | Usage: Her there is no difference between upper and lower case graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: resteþ 'z'-shaped 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: hir(e) however, long 'r' is also used frequently but only in final position. Used here with flourish to represent a final 'e'. |
 | Usage: for |  | Usage: fre 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'f'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: see long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: birdes kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
 | Usage: passage |  | Usage: streyte long 's' frequently has a 'wing' to the left of the shaft. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: way in initial position, 'w' has a long curving approach stroke to the left limb which is not always linked to the rest of the graph. |  | Usage: swyft 'B'-shaped element to the right. |
 | Usage: wt |  | Usage: own |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: enmyes 'y' and thorn are virtually identical in this scribe's hand. |  | Usage: beryth the tail of 'y' may be a fine stroke as in version 1 or it may be thicker and slightly turned counter-clockwise as in this example. |
 | Usage: fyrst the left limb is sometimes virtually detached from the rest of the graph. |  | Usage: gydes |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þe it is easy to confuse 'y' and thorn. |  | Usage: aryseþ thorn is used frequently for all purposes. |
 | Usage: hiȝt yogh is found occasionally as equivalent of 'gh' and of 'y'. |  | Usage: ȝif |
| 'l' and 'k' | |||
 | Usage: schal 'l' in final position, whether single or double is always crossed on the folio examined. |  | Usage: byll |
 | Usage: broke an unusual looking 'k'. |  | Usage: stykkeþ |