Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ll.4.14 |
| Folios: | 1-119 |
| Sampled Folios: | 32v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment 'a' used throughout. |  | Usage: and a squarer shape for the lobe. |
 | Usage: And the 'A' used by the scribe to begin the folio. There are other examples of this 'A' on the same folio. |  | Usage: And the more usual upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dykinge 'd' is looped and when in initial position the lower lobe tends to be pointed at the left side. |  | Usage: lond 'd' in final position with curved descending tag. |
 | Usage: ffode |  | Usage: wordis 'd' with rounder lobe in the middle of a word. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: golde double compartment 'g' with point at the head. |  | Usage: hung(er) 'g' with abbreviation for 'er' above. |
 | Usage: hunger a more triangular lower compartment in this example. |  | Usage: longe |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hung(er) the head-loop of 'h' is rounded. The limb may descend in a curve or may splay out as in the next version. |  | Usage: leches the tail-stroke curves back clockwise from the end of the splayed limb. |
 | Usage: leccherus |  | Usage: whyle the limb is a vertical tapering stroke. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rise long 'r' is used in all positions for most of the time. |  | Usage: hunger the fork generally occurs at about the base level of surrounding graphs. Over-inking may have caused the thickening here. |
 | Usage: our modern 'r' is used occasionally in medial and in final position, as here with flourish to finish. |  | Usage: worchen 'z'-shaped 'r' is only used after 'o' on the folio examined. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: seiþ long 's' has a long straight stem. It is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: is sigma 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: blessid |  | Usage: Sir Surffayt the scribe's upper case graphs. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wrouȝte 'w' is the loop-headed anglicana version. |  | Usage: mawe there is a single lobe to the right of the graph. |
 | Usage: wt |  | Usage: Wende upper case 'W' is the same as the lower case one. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: dyne both arms of 'y' are level at the head. |  | Usage: ony the tail of 'y' is generally long. Here there is a small flick to the right to finish. |
 | Usage: ffayne the tail is straight in this example. |  | Usage: day |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: ffediþ thorn is used on every occasion to replace 'th'. |  | Usage: þt þu |
 | Usage: ȝit yogh is used as equivalent to both 'y' and 'gh'. |  | Usage: wrouȝte |
| Ascenders | |||
 | Usage: that he these ascenders are all on the top line of the folio. |  | Usage: weneth well |
 | Usage: to haue I |  | Usage: it him bere |