Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, College of Arms MS Arundel XLV (45) |
| Folios: | 1-167 |
| Sampled Folios: | 118v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as the scribe has a mixed hand. Here a double compartment 'a' with open head and hairline connector. |  | Usage: alle single compartment 'a' is used in equal proportion. |
 | Usage: As |  | Usage: A the use of this upper case 'A' with variation in the lead-in stroke is consistent on the folio examined. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dance looped 'd' with lower lobe either squared as here or rounded as in version 2. |  | Usage: And |
 | Usage: stonde 'de' frequently forms a ligature. |  | Usage: dede both square and rounded lobe may be seen in this example. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gentilesse 'g' is double compartment but not always neatly executed. The graph is 8-shaped with the head of the upper compartment often left open. |  | Usage: thing 'g' in final position often attracts a tag. Both upper and lower compartments are joined with hairline strokes. |
 | Usage: thoghte |  | Usage: vnderfonge 'g' is set high with top compartment frequently above the level of surrounding graphs. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: heue 'h', whether upper or lower case is consistently formed. |  | Usage: seileth the graph is set at a slight slant. |
 | Usage: þoght |  | Usage: How upper case graph at the beginning of a line does not differ from the lower case one. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: drede the scribe uses a mixture of both long and modern 'r' with no particular preference as to position. |  | Usage: were |
 | Usage: labourer 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o'. Long 'r' is used in final position with fork at the base of the graph. |  | Usage: Riȝt |
| S | |||
 | Usage: selue long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: Soch the scribe has two versions of upper case 'S', a sigma version as here and a more serpentine 's' as in version 4. |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wax 'w' is looped at the head with single lobe to the right. |  | Usage: weye the strokes used to form the 'w' are frequently visible as separate strokes. |
 | Usage: throwe |  | Usage: Whiche exactly the same formation for the upper case graph. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: by the tail of 'y' may be straight as in this version. |  | Usage: compaynie the tail of 'y' may have a slight flick counter-clockwise. |
 | Usage: my the tail of 'y' may also have a deep curve counter-clockwise as in this example. |  | Usage: soty |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þoght thorn is used throughout but there is no consistency as to its use. |  | Usage: thenkþ |
 | Usage: Riȝt yogh is also used frequently but again 'gh' may equally well be used as yogh. |  | Usage: for ȝete |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: But |  | Usage: Of |