Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College MS 176/97 |
| Folios: | pages 12, 23 |
| Sampled Folios: | 12, 23 |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: that single compartment 'a' sometimes of the horned variety as here. |  | Usage: that a more oval compartment for this 'a'. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: And upper case 'A' appears with or without a curving extension to the left of the graph. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: downe 'd' may be unlooped or looped as in version 2. The lobe of 'd' is almost square. |  | Usage: amend a rounder lobe and upper loop with tag to finish on this 'd' in final position. |
 | Usage: worde |  | Usage: dye |
| G | |||
 | Usage: agayne tailed 'g' is consistently formed. |  | Usage: kynge |
 | Usage: light the right stroke begins above the level of the left side of the compartment. |  | Usage: nyght |
| H | |||
 | Usage: helpe the looped head of 'h' is angled forward and the tail turns counter-clockwise to link on to the next graph. |  | Usage: this |
 | Usage: Which occasionally the stem of 'h' has a foot as may be seen in the second example of 'h' in this word. |  | Usage: Haue an elaborate foot on the ascender of this upper case graph although the formation of the remainder of the letter is the same as the lower case version. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: purse the shoulder of 'r' is a thick stroke either separate as here, or joined as in version 3. |  | Usage: conquerour in final position 'r' is sometimes flourished. |
 | Usage: verrey |  | Usage: pray 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o' and round-bodied graphs. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sende long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: this a six-shaped horned 's' is found in all final positions. |
 | Usage: most |  | Usage: Sith serpentine 'S' with separate, short, curved head-stroke. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wilnot in initial position the left limb of 'w' tends to be taller than the second element. |  | Usage: downe in medial positions, 'w' appears at the same level as surrounding graphs. |
 | Usage: Now |  | Usage: Which upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line with arching approach stroke from the left margin. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ye 'y' is consistently formed and like 'h' has a tail which turns counter-clockwise and continues to join to the next graph. |  | Usage: pray |
 | Usage: my |  | Usage: yet |
| Yogh | |||
 | Usage: throȝt there are no thorns in this extract and just two yoghs, both equivalent of the 'gh' element. |  | Usage: myȝt |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: O |  | Usage: Be |
 | Usage: I |  | Usage: Now |