Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS Garrett 136 |
| Folios: | 1-191 |
| Sampled Folios: | 116v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: al double compartment 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: dar the scribe's formation of graphs is very haphazard. Not an even hand by any means. |
 | Usage: Al upper case 'A' with closed upper compartment. |  | Usage: And sometimes the top compartment of upper case 'A' is left open. ' |
| D | |||
 | Usage: day looped 'd' in initial position. |  | Usage: ordeyned 'd' in final position and the word is the final word in the line. This may be the reason for the extended tag. |
 | Usage: hadde |  | Usage: Declared hardly decipherable but the 'D' is at the beginning of a line. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gold a neat version of the scribe's lower case 'g' which is always double compartment but which varies according to the amount of care the scribe exercises when copying. |  | Usage: noþy(n)g 'g' in final position with extended horizontal stroke extending from the centre of the upper lobe. |
 | Usage: Iuggeme(n)t double 'g' with two reasonably similar graphs. |  | Usage: g(ra)ce a controlled version of the initial 'g' graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: here inital 'h' graph. 'h' is most frequently represented by an 'h' graph with horizontal head-stroke. |  | Usage: hy(m) the scribe constantly uses contractions, some of which are unusual. There is no 'h' in final position on this folio. |
 | Usage: his 'h' on the top line with exaggerated ascender. |  | Usage: Hs presumably this is 'His'. The word occurs at the beginning of a line. The scribe uses this abbreviation elsewhere on this folio. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: redres long 'r' at the beginning of a word. Long 'r' is used throughout except after 'o'. |  | Usage: Emp(er)our long 'r' in final position. |
 | Usage: wordes 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'o'. |  | Usage: ferforþ example of long 'r' and 'z'-shaped 'r' in the same word. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: ston long 's' in initial position. Long 's' is used throughout in medial positions. |  | Usage: seche sigma 's' is also used in initial position. |
 | Usage: elles sigma 's' used throughout in final position. |  | Usage: So upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: was variations of this 'w' abound. The formation of the graph is not consistent, a feature which applies to many of the scribe's graphs. |  | Usage: now 'w' in final position. The formation is the same. It is the scribe's erratic presentation of graphs which makes the aspect of his copying that gives the impression of variance in the graph formation. |
 | Usage: wif another unsystematic variation of 'w'. |  | Usage: Where 'W' in initial position in the line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: hy(m) the scribe has a variety of abbreviations which are unusual. This version is a conventional abbreviation with the tail of 'y' arching up to join with the macron. The next word is 'hu' which presumably is an abbreviation for 'how'. |  | Usage: my 'y' in final position. The thickness of stroke of the tail of 'y' varies but is generally the same shape. |
 | Usage: þ(er)by 'y' in final position at the end of a line. |  | Usage: hy(m)self another example of the scribe's abbreviation fixation. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: haþ thorn is used on every occasion where 'th' is required. |  | Usage: ȝif yogh is used consistently for a variety of reasons here for the 'y' sound. |
 | Usage: hiȝt ȝ used for 'ght' replacement. |  | Usage: Þis thorn is used throughout for the 'th graph'. |