Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Digby 171 |
| Folios: | 1-62 |
| Sampled Folios: | 21r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and double compartment 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: haue the stroke at the right is thick and straight. |
 | Usage: And this particular upper case 'A' may be seen frequently in the hands of London Letter Book H. It is often used when the word 'Alderman' is written. |  | Usage: And the scribe has several forms of upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: draper looped 'd' used throughout. |  | Usage: qd the abbreviation for 'quod' attracts the usual tag on the semi-superscript 'd'. |
 | Usage: wedde |  | Usage: and a very small lobe for this 'd'. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: galoun 'g' is always a double compartment letter. |  | Usage: gile the lower compartment tends to be triangular in aspect with one side of the triangle completed by a hairline stroke. |
 | Usage: herberghed |  | Usage: goode |
| H | |||
 | Usage: holde 'h' is evenly formed. |  | Usage: when the head-loop is triangular in shape, again with one of its sides completed by a hairline stroke. |
 | Usage: chaumbre an 'h' from the top line where the scribe elongates some graphs. |  | Usage: Heo at the beginning of a line so possibly the upper case graph which is no different from the lower case one. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: repentaunce long 'r' is used throughout in all positions. |  | Usage: after at the end of the shoulder of 'r', a tiny upward flick when the 'r' is in final position. |
 | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' only follows 'o' on this folio. |  | Usage: Repentest a rounded version of upper case 'R'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: saide long 's' actually has quite a short stem. It is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: lombardes a cross between a kidney-shaped 's' and an 8-shaped 's'. Used in final position as well as version 3. |
 | Usage: pais this 's' with horizontal top stroke with slight upturn is used in final position. |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wordes 'w' usually stands slightly above the level of surrounding graphs. |  | Usage: Now there is always a 'B'-shaped element at the right. |
 | Usage: wynter |  | Usage: When the upper case graph is the same as the lower case one. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: Nay the body of 'y' forms a square-shaped 'u' with the initiation of the tail stroke forming the base of the 'u' before curling back counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: meny |
 | Usage: tyme the tail of 'y' sometimes extends backwards, connecting clumsily with the previous graph. |  | Usage: redely |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: Wiþ thorn is used for all the usual words as well as replacing 'th' on occasions. |  | Usage: boþe |
 | Usage: bouȝht yogh seems to be used as equivalent only to the 'g' in the 'gh' combination. |  | Usage: ȝouthe here yogh is used as equivalent to 'y'. |
| Yogh | |||
 | Usage: ȝut an interesting and individual graph for yogh with curved approach to the head, large upper element and more stunted tail. |  | Usage: ȝud |