Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library, Additional 10574 |
| Folios: | 1-91 |
| Sampled Folios: | 60v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: aftir double compartment 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: Passus |
 | Usage: Alas the scribe's upper case 'A's often have a curl at the head rather than a completed lobe. |  | Usage: And the lower compartment may be oval or more angular. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: disserue 'd' is looped throughout. |  | Usage: dampno 'd' with open centre very like the 'd' of Scribe D. |
 | Usage: ded |  | Usage: hadde the lower lobe of 'd' may be square as well as rounded. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: good 'g' is double compartment. The upper compartment is generally larger than the lower compartment. |  | Usage: walkyng at the top right of the lower compartment the finishing stroke flicks out to produce a sort of skirt. The horizontal extension usually leaves from the middle of the upper compartment. |
 | Usage: Negocium |  | Usage: God |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hym the stem of 'h' is upright. The head appears open but may be linked back to the shoulder by a hairline. |  | Usage: shoon the limb tapers in a slight curve. |
 | Usage: lordschipe |  | Usage: He an upper case 'H' which is the same as the lower case graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reson long 'r' is used in all positions and is the preferred graph. |  | Usage: wer(e) long 'r' in final position with flourish to represent a final 'e'. |
 | Usage: aftir modern 'r' is used occasionally but only in final position. |  | Usage: lorel 'z'-shaped 'r' is used only after 'o' on the folio examined. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: swete sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: swete this form of 's' with straight head-stroke is used in inital and final positions. It is also used as the upper case letter. |
 | Usage: ladies sigma 's' in final position. |  | Usage: soule long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: water 'w' is mainly formed with straight limbs looping over to the right and a 'B'-shaped element to finish. |  | Usage: walkyng occasionally the left limb has a kink in it. |
Usage: wytt |  | Usage: wyn(n)e 'w' is sometimes elongated. | |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: may 'y' is consistently formed although the tail may be straight or gently turning ccounter-clockwise. |  | Usage: Seynt the fork of 'y' is generally at the lower level of surrounding graphs. |
 | Usage: my |  | Usage: bisynesse |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: tempriþ thorn is used on most occasions to replace 'th'. The lobe aften appears detached. |  | Usage: worþi |
 | Usage: noȝt yogh is used as equivalent to both 'y' and to 'gh'. |  | Usage: ȝow |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: The |  | Usage: Now |
 | Usage: Passus |  | Usage: I |