Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, Society of Antiquaries MS 687 |
| Folios: | 471-549 (Piers Plowman) |
| Sampled Folios: | p.480 |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: also the scribe uses both double and single compartment 'a' although it is sometimes difficult to tell since the letters are sloppily formed and the upper compartment appears almost non-existent at times. |  | Usage: a |
 | Usage: false a single compartment 'a' in this word. |  | Usage: Al angular lower compartment on upper case 'A'. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: ledyng 'd' is looped with the bowl mainly oval but very variable in size. |  | Usage: weryd |
 | Usage: maydyn |  | Usage: myddys |
| G | |||
 | Usage: greuyd 'g' is another graph which is sloppily formed. Here the position of the lower compartment makes the graph appear to lean forward head-first. |  | Usage: wrong the position of the lower compartment in this example makes the graph appear to lean back. |
 | Usage: lygge |  | Usage: Gyle the upper case graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: halle 'h' has a triangular looped head. The limb may curve outwards initially and the tail-stroke then curves back in a clockwise direction.. |  | Usage: ;myth here the limb is straight and the tail stroke flicks up to the right. |
 | Usage: taughte |  | Usage: erthe |
| R | |||
 | Usage: ryngys long 'r' is used in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: wer flourished 'r' perhaps for a missing 'e'. |
 | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' is usually set above the preceding 'o'. |  | Usage: charterys 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'a' and long 'r' after 'e'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: so schuld both sigma and long 's' are used in initial positions. |  | Usage: fyngerys sigma 's' is also used in final position. |
 | Usage: resseyue |  | Usage: Syr the upper case version of the graph. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: was 'w' may be rounded, as here or more elongated as in version 2. |  | Usage: qwen |
 | Usage: wex |  | Usage: Wat the upper case version which is exactly the same as the lower case one. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: fyue 'y' is not dotted. |  | Usage: cloþyd the tail of 'y' is very variable in length. |
 | Usage: gentely |  | Usage: maydyn |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: cloþyd thorn is used fairly frequently for all the usual words and also as replacement 'th' on occasions. |  | Usage: þa(n) |
 | Usage: þu |  | Usage: Þat |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: Corronyd |
 | Usage: To |  | Usage: Ȝyf the only example of yogh on this folio. |