Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Digby 102 |
| Folios: | 1-141 |
| Sampled Folios: | 11r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: at the 'a's are double compartment although frequently the compartments are not separate and the left side of the graph resembles a 3 backwards. |  | Usage: sayden the down-stroke is thick. The graph often stands above surrounding letters. |
 | Usage: penaunt |  | Usage: And upper case 'A' is used frequently at the beginnings of phrases for example, not just at the beginnings of lines. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: recordede 'd' is looped throughout. The lower lobe is triangular, the loop, rounded. |  | Usage: bad 'd' in final position and beside an 'a' which is the same height. |
 | Usage: wedde | Usage: qd abbreviation with 'd' with the usual tag. | |
| G | |||
 | Usage: glosyng the first 'g' in this word. Double compartment 'g' is used throughout. The two compartments are often diamond-shaped and set on end. |  | Usage: kyng double compartment 'g' with tag in final position. The lower compartment has a curved extension from its right side. The upper compartment has a diagonal stroke which leaves a point at the head and provides the extension towards the next graph. |
 | Usage: togyderes a rather strange-looking graph in this word. |  | Usage: gan another strange graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hym 'h' quite often has a diagonal foot, a head-stroke which arches over the graph and makes contact on the further side of the limb, and a tail which sweeps clockwise beneath the graph. | Usage: with | |
 | Usage: worth 'h' with tail-stroke turning counter-clockwise to finish, which is unusual. |  | Usage: That the combination of upper case 'T' followed by 'h' makes for a complicated intertwining of strokes. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ryche long 'r' used throughout except where 'z'-shaped 'r' is used. |  | Usage: messager 'r' in final position. |
 | Usage: preest 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and other round-bodied graphs. |  | Usage: Reherce |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sotil sigma 's' is used in both initial and final positions. |  | Usage: lettres sigma 's' in final position. |
 | Usage: lasse long 's' is used in medial positions. |  | Usage: Sholde upper case 'S' to begin a new clause which is defined by the use of red virgules. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: were 'w's are conisitently elaborate with foot at the lower end of the left limb, looped heads with arched strokes, with a 'B'-shaped element to the right. |  | Usage: thorw 'w' in final position still in the same flamboyant style. |
 | Usage: knowe |  | Usage: Who again upper case graph following a red virgule. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: yf it is difficult to get a clear image of some of this scribe's graphs because of his constant loops and swirls. |  | Usage: my 'y' is almost always dotted. |
 | Usage: wylneth |  | Usage: togyderes |
| Yogh | |||
 | Usage: ȝut |  | Usage: ȝode |
 | Usage: ȝe | ||
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: That |  | Usage: In |
 | Usage: Be |  | Usage: I |