Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1468, part III |
| Folios: | 1-377 (pages) |
| Sampled Folios: | p.310 |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: an the majority of 'a's are single compartment. |  | Usage: fayre however, the scribe does use double compartment 'a' on occasions, sometimes within the same word as a single compartment letter. |
 | Usage: marchaundis the two 'a's are represented in this word. |  | Usage: And the scribe has two forms of upper case 'A' on this folio. See Wild Letter 2 version 4 for the second example. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: durst looped 'd' with little variation is used throughout. |  | Usage: fecchid the lobe of 'd' is angular. |
 | Usage: fleddyn triangular lower lobe. |  | Usage: cowde |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gommes 'g' is double compartment but sometimes the two compartments do not connect. This example looks like a rectangle above and a triangle below. |  | Usage: kyng 'g' as the final letter of a word and the final word of the folio which may be the reason for the exggerated vertical tag on the graph. |
 | Usage: massengeris |  | Usage: wrong |
| H | |||
 | Usage: here 'h' may be an upright graph as seen here or it may appear to be slightly tilted as in versions three and four. |  | Usage: Weschid |
 | Usage: ȝhe |  | Usage: hym the limb is also at a slant in this example. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: marchaundis this form of short 'r' is used throughout. |  | Usage: wher |
 | Usage: prentice 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o' and round-bodied graphs. The otiose stroke extending from the lower left of the 'r' is as long as the descender of 'p'. |  | Usage: letteris a wedge-shaped appearance for the heads and feet of 'r' and 'i'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: syttyn square-shaped sigma 's' used in initial position. |  | Usage: schoppis long 's' is also used initially. |
 | Usage: p(ar)doneris a square-shaped kidney 's' is used in final position. |  | Usage: Spiceris |
| W | |||
 | Usage: went 'w' is unusual with high middle loop.The shape of the graph is very consistent. |  | Usage: þorow |
 | Usage: wt 'with' is contracted to 'wt' several times on this folio. |  | Usage: Weschid the upper case graph is exactly the same as the lower case one. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: fayre 'y' is difficult to distinguish from thorn at times. It is usually dotted, but thorn is also dotted occasionally. |  | Usage: trewely the formation of 'y' is a vertical stem with loop attached at the right. |
Usage: wepyd 'y' is also very similar to 'p' in this example. |  | Usage: Mynstrelis | |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þorow the stem of thorn here is slightly longer than the 'y's seen above. |  | Usage: ferþere thorn is dotted in this example. |
 | Usage: ȝaf yogh is used as equivalent of 'y'. |  | Usage: ȝhe a dialectal form of 'she' using yogh as the initial graph. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Peraylid |  | Usage: Ouyr |
 | Usage: Tho |  | Usage: And the second form of upper case 'A' on this folio. |