Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College MS 63 |
| Folios: | 2-211 |
| Sampled Folios: | 7v, 8r, 151v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: faile double compartment 'a' is used throughout, generally with flat head. |  | Usage: whan |
 | Usage: fallen occasionally there is a slight turn on the head-stroke. |  | Usage: Amans |
| D | |||
 | Usage: debate 'd' is always looped with angular lower lobe. |  | Usage: dede the length of the loop varies and sometimes extends well back over preceding graphs. |
 | Usage: ferd 'd' in final position with added tag. |  | Usage: amended |
| G | |||
 | Usage: grace 'g' is always double compartment. The lower compartment is often triangular in aspect. The upper compartment is rounded. |  | Usage: song a lower compartment left open. |
 | Usage: p(ro)logus here the lower compartment is very pointed at the left side. |  | Usage: beginne |
| H | |||
 | Usage: helpe 'h' is consistently formed. The head-stroke is usually closed. |  | Usage: cha(u)nge |
 | Usage: hath an open gead-stroke in the final 'h'. |  | Usage: forthi an open head-stroke on this 'h' on the top line. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reule long 'r' is used in all positions but the scribe also uses modern 'r' quite frequently. |  | Usage: nertheles modern 'r' is used in initial and medial positions as well as long 'r'. |
 | Usage: sore 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o' and round-bodied graphs. |  | Usage: auentur 'r' in final position with flourish. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: so sigma 's' is used in both initial and final positions. |  | Usage: ellis |
 | Usage: strecche long 's' is also used in initial position as well as medially. |  | Usage: Su(n)t |
| W | |||
 | Usage: werld the middle limb of 'w' usually stands above the left limb. |  | Usage: what the head strokes may be open or closed as here. |
 | Usage: know |  | Usage: wt |
| Y | |||
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þis thorn is used frequently. |  | Usage: þenke |
 | Usage: ȝow yogh is used only as equivalent to 'y' on the folios examined. |  | Usage: ȝit |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Confessor |  | Usage: Explicit |
 | Usage: But |  | Usage: I |