Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 323 |
| Folios: | 1-168 |
| Sampled Folios: | 109v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: aboute the majority of the scribe's 'a's are single compartment. However, he has a tendency to include the upper case version of 'A' when 'a' begins a word, or even in the middle of a word. |  | Usage: Alle last word in a line so not an upper case graph. |
 | Usage: name here the 'a' is the second letter but stands far above surrounding graphs. |  | Usage: And an upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line tipped in red. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dore the scribe's 'd's are looped and the bowl is quite angular. |  | Usage: Ap(ar)ayled 'd' in final position is frequently tagged with short downward stroke attached to the extended loop-stroke. |
 | Usage: mayde |  | Usage: Drede |
| G | |||
 | Usage: go the scribe's 'g's are mainly double compartment. |  | Usage: gyle there is an occasional single compartment tailed graph with horned head. |
 | Usage: lugged |  | Usage: kyng final 'g' has quite a long horizontal extension from the middle of the upper lobe. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hote the tail of 'h' ends in a counter-clockwise turn. |  | Usage: sche |
 | Usage: doth it appears that the 'h' after the 't' is crossed but it may just be the scribe extending the cross-bar of 't'. |  | Usage: he occasionally the stem has a turned foot. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: craft long 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: fayr in final position 'r' is often flourished perhaps to indicate a missing 'e'. |
 | Usage: loured 'z'-shaped 'r' is mainly used after vowels and round-bodied graphs. |  | Usage: frere |
| S | |||
 | Usage: shette the body of the sigma 's' is square-shaped. It is used in initial and in final position. |  | Usage: p(ar)doners |
 | Usage: sche long 's' may be used initially and also medially. |  | Usage: Sonedayes |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whan 'w' has double head-loops but the height and spread may vary with individual graphs. |  | Usage: knowith |
 | Usage: wente |  | Usage: wiȝtlyche |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: lepyn 'y' is essentially the same throughout. |  | Usage: mayde sometimes the second stroke does not connect with the left of the fork, leaving a gap. |
 | Usage: Pylorye |  | Usage: many the tail is generally set at the same angle with counter-clockwise turn. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þe(supercript) thorn is not used very much on this folio. |  | Usage: þoruȝt |
 | Usage: ȝeer again yogh is used as equivalent of both 'y' and 'gh'. |  | Usage: brouȝt |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Or |  | Usage: By |
 | Usage: Now |  | Usage: The |