Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Balliol College MS 354 |
| Folios: | Extract of Confessio Amantis, ff55-96 (pages 113-195) |
| Sampled Folios: | page 113 |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: all used throughout as the majority form but closely followed by the double compartment graph. |  | Usage: all double compartment 'a' frequently used where 'a' begins the word or stands alone as the indefinite article. The scribe uses a mixture of upper and lower case graphs for other letters also. |
 | Usage: asked |  | Usage: Antiochus the upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dayes looped 'd' is used throughout. The graph is generally of rounded appearance. |  | Usage: cleped 'd' in final position with trailing tag extension of the loop-stroke. |
 | Usage: drede |  | Usage: Deffende the upper case graph. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goth the scribe uses a variety of 'g's. This form is used when 'g' is in initial position. |  | Usage: lykyng in final position the 'g' has a lower compartment and appears to lean forwards. |
 | Usage: sowght tailed secretary 'g' is used in this combination. |  | Usage: ligh |
| H | |||
 | Usage: had 'h' has a looped head, a long curving limb-stroke and often a tail-stroke which loops back and makes contact with the following graph. |  | Usage: With |
 | Usage: thus the graph has become almost a straight line with loops at top and bottom. |  | Usage: Howe the upper case graph. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: frele long 'r' is used throughout in all positions. |  | Usage: flowr 'r' forks at the bottom and the right limb curves up and arches back over the top of itself. |
 | Usage: fortune 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o'. |  | Usage: Rede |
| S | |||
 | Usage: suche long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. The stem of 's' is thick, the head is a crook. |  | Usage: is sigma 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: neverthelesse the two long 's's splay out. |  | Usage: She the upper case version. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: which |  | Usage: Thorow the left limb of 'w' is long and towers over preceding graphs. |
 | Usage: Devowreth both 'v' and 'w' may be seen in this word. |  | Usage: With upper case 'W' is no different from the graph in version 1 except perhaps for a longer approach stroke to the left limb. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yonge the left limb of 'y' is a vertical line. The stroke at the right curves round and may or may not connect to form a fork. The tail-stroke is fine and descends as an oblique line to the left before turning counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: they the tail turns and continues horizontally. |
 | Usage: yf the tail turns counter-clockwise and ascends to link with the following graph. |  | Usage: maydynhede |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þe the only thorn on the folio used for the abbreviation of the definite article. | ||
 | Usage: chroniqȝ yogh used for the plural element in this word. | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: But |  | Usage: That |
 | Usage: Owt |  | Usage: Tyre |