Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Pembroke College Fragments MS 312, frag. C/6 |
| Folios: | One folio only |
| Sampled Folios: | 1r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment 'a' is used. |  | Usage: bacon |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: Arise two versions of upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: declined (first 'd') a rounded looped 'd'. |  | Usage: had 'd' is sometimes open in the centre. |
 | Usage: pesecodd(es) the lower lobe of 'd' can also be angular. |  | Usage: And don |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gold 'g' is double compartment. |  | Usage: hung(er) the 'er' abbreviative mark is attached to the horizontal slash. |
 | Usage: longe hairlines connect the strokes of the lower compartment. |  | Usage: Gre |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hele |  | Usage: haste the looped head of 'h' frequently has a horizontal aspect. |
 | Usage: what |  | Usage: Hung(er) upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: recordid both long 'r' and modern 'r' are used. |  | Usage: Sir long 'r' in final position with flourish. |
 | Usage: reson modern 'r' in initial position. |  | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sum sigma 's' is used in initial position. |  | Usage: his the scribe uses mainly kidney shaped 's' in final position. |
 | Usage: þis he occasionally uses '8'-shaped 's'. |  | Usage: schewed the head of long 's' ligatured with the following 'c'. Long 's' is used in initial position as well as the sigma version. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wronge |  | Usage: schewed occasionally the limbs of 'w' extend quite a way above surrounding graphs. |
 | Usage: rewth |  | Usage: While upper case'W' which is the same as the lower case versions. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: lithly 'y' varies in the length, curvature and angle of turn of the tail-stroke. |  | Usage: my |
 | Usage: ys |  | Usage: may |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: makiþ thorn is used frequently. |  | Usage: þu |
 | Usage: ȝif |  | Usage: ȝit |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Neiþ(er) |  | Usage: Be |
 | Usage: Ne |  | Usage: Til |
| Upper Case I | |||
 | Usage: I upper case 'I' appears in a number of forms. This example is from the beginning of a line, hence the head-stroke extended into the left margin. |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: I |