Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Newnham College MS 4 |
| Folios: | 1-109 |
| Sampled Folios: | 35r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: alle double compartment 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: Mary the word is within the text but copied in red ink. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: Ac upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dome looped 'd' is used throughout. The lobe is usually very angular. |  | Usage: world 'd' in final position is tagged. |
 | Usage: laddest |  | Usage: romed occasionally the scribe extends the loop of 'd' backwards over previous graphs. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goon 'g' is double compartment throughout. |  | Usage: Iugges The lower compartment generally rests on or just blow the line so the graph is set high in relation to surrounding letters. |
 | Usage: wigh |  | Usage: Indulgence the head of 'g' is above the top of surrounding graphs. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: heestes triangular looped head which rejoins the stem at shoulder-level. |  | Usage: namelich the tail-stroke may sweep round clockwise as in version 1 or turn counter-clockwise as in this example. |
 | Usage: erthe here the tail of 'h' extends clockwise beneath preceding graphs. The length and sweep of the tail of 'h' has an impact on the aspect of the folio. |  | Usage: How the upper case graph is the same as the lower case one. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rede long 'r' is used all the time and in every position except after 'o'. |  | Usage: balder 'r' in final position with flourish. The fork of the graph appears at line level. |
 | Usage: forbode 'z'-shaped 'r' with otiose descender from the middle of the lower stroke. |  | Usage: reherce |
| S | |||
 | Usage: so sigma 's' is used in initial position. |  | Usage: lordes '8'-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: heestes long 's' is only used in medial positions. |  | Usage: Soules upper case 'S' is a sigma shape. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: welthe 'w' is generally looped at the head. There is a 'B'-shaped element to the right. |  | Usage: yow |
 | Usage: worche |  | Usage: Wher upper case 'W' is the same as the lower case graph. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yow the tail of 'y' is fine and mostly a straight stroke. |  | Usage: day as with 'h', the long, fine tails of 'y' have an impact on the aspect of the folio. |
 | Usage: frayned |  | Usage: many occasionally the tail of 'y' turns counter-clockwise. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þt thorn is used mainly to abreviate 'that' and 'the'. |  | Usage: þinketh occasionally thorn is used to replace 'th'. |
 | Usage: nouȝt the only yogh on the folio. | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Is |  | Usage: To |
 | Usage: Passus |  | Usage: Mary |
| Decoration | |||
 | Usage: This these decorated letters appear on the top line of the folio. |  | Usage: lettred |
 | Usage: techeth |  | Usage: Eagle eagle in the lower margin. |