Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Oriel College MS 79, Part I |
| Folios: | 1-88r |
| Sampled Folios: | 9v |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: a double compartment 'a' used throughout. The lower compartment is generally smaller than the upper one. |  | Usage: spake |
 | Usage: Cesar |  | Usage: Ac upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dale 'd' is looped and consistent in appearance. |  | Usage: god |
 | Usage: dredeful the loop of 'd' has more of a horizontal rather than a vertical aspect. |  | Usage: wolde |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goost 'g' is also consistently formed. |  | Usage: gutte there is often an oblique otiose stroke from the lower left point of the lower compartment. It matches the angle of the otiose stroke from 'z'-shaped 'r' and the fine straight tails of 'y', 'h' and yogh. |
 | Usage: kyng 'g' in final position is often tagged with a vertical descender from the horizontal dash. |  | Usage: Go |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hym the head of 'h' is sometimes open but more often has a triangular looped head. The tail is often fine and straight and descends at an oblique angle from the limb-stroke which ends in line with the base of the stem. |  | Usage: loth |
 | Usage: hy(m) triangular head-stroke. |  | Usage: myche |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rule modern 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: better in final position the tip of the shoulder stroke turns up. |
 | Usage: acombred 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o' and round-bodied graphs. |  | Usage: Reddite |
| S | |||
 | Usage: seyden sigma 's' is frequently used in initial position. |  | Usage: gyrles '8'-shaped 's' is used in final position. There is usually an otiose stroke going off upwards at an oblique angle. |
Usage: tresore long 's' is used in medial and sometimes in initial position. |  | Usage: seluen | |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wolde the limbs of 'w' are straight with 'B'-shaped element to finish. |  | Usage: ȝow |
 | Usage: was |  | Usage: What |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ymage the left arm of 'y' descends vertically as far as the line. The right arm curves round to join the left and they meet just below the level of surrounding graphs. |  | Usage: peny the tail is straight and descends at an oblique angle. |
 | Usage: to gydere |  | Usage: hy(m) macron over 'y' for the missing 'm'. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þat thorn is used quite regularly in all positions. |  | Usage: stondiþ |
 | Usage: ȝe yogh is also used quite frequently as equivalent of both 'gh' and 'y'. |  | Usage: syȝt |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Telle |  | Usage: Þan(n)e upper case Thorn with hook at the head. |
 | Usage: Ne |  | Usage: I |