Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | England, London, British Library MS Sloane 1825 |
| Folios: | 2-88 |
| Sampled Folios: | 2r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as a straight-sided 'a' is used throughout with horizontal dividing stroke and diagonal hairline cross at the head. |  | Usage: hadde |
 | Usage: At |  | Usage: And the lower lobe of upper ase 'A' may be rounded or more angular as in this example. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dissolve unlooped 'd' is used throughout in all positions. |  | Usage: avexed |
 | Usage: Hadde the first 'd' is independently formed, the second is ligatured with 'e'. |  | Usage: mynde where 'd' is in ligature with 'e' the thick down-stroke is extended to form the lower portion of 'e'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: grevously a neat, angular double compartment 'g' very consistently formed. |  | Usage: þing 'g' in final position with a short tag at the end of the horizontal connecting stroke. |
 | Usage: Thought the individual strokes of the graph are thickly scribed with hairline closure at an oblique angle across the head. |  | Usage: angwisshe |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hir a rounded feel to lower case 'h'. The stem has no foot and the head-stroke is smoothly rounded and just connects with the top of the shoulder. |  | Usage: ȝildeth 'h' in final position. |
 | Usage: wiche in contrast, an 'h' in the rubric at the head of the folio. The head-stroke is an angled stroke rather than rounded. |  | Usage: Hadde an elaborate upper case graph with angled foot and semi-circular addition to the left of the stem. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: richer modern 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: lower 'r' in final position with upturned flick to finish. |
 | Usage: fors modern 'r' is used even after 'o'. |  | Usage: nature where 'e' follows 'r' as the final letter in a word, the 'e' drops below the lower level of the foot of 'r'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: slepe both sigma and long 's' are used in initial position. |  | Usage: Chestris kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
 | Usage: seye long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: So upper case 'S'. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wight the scribe has two versions of 'w', one rounded and the other with angled feet at the base of the limbs. |  | Usage: how all 'w's have a single lobe at the right. |
 | Usage: aqweyntid |  | Usage: Wher the more angular 'w' is used on each occasion for the upper case graph. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: MVsynge the left limb of 'y' descends vertically. |  | Usage: oonly the fork of 'y' occurs at the lower level of surrounding graphs. |
 | Usage: my the tail of 'y' is usually quite short. It may be straight, as here or end with slight turn counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: tretys |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þing thorn is hardly used for the usual articles and adjectives. It is used alot in the first few lines of the folio, then hardly at all in the remainder of the text. |  | Usage: þought |
 | Usage: ȝildeth yogh is used as representative of both 'y' and 'gh' elements. |  | Usage: novȝher |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: Busily |
 | Usage: In |  | Usage: Noo |