Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, Lincoln's Inn Library MS Hale 150 |
| Folios: | 1-125 |
| Sampled Folios: | 109r |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: an 'a' is always double compartment with flattened head to the upper lobe. |  | Usage: fairy |
 | Usage: may the top of 'a' almost always stands above surrounding letters. |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dale 'd' is always looped with rounded bowl and triangular-shaped loop above, often extending back over previous graphs. |  | Usage: Y schaped the loop of 'd' resting on the top of the previous 'e'. |
 | Usage: bedde |  | Usage: world the length of the stem of 'l' prevents the loop of 'd' from extending too far backwards. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gylelas 'g' is an 8-shaped graph with upper compartment usually bigger than the lower. |  | Usage: wandryng 'g' in final position is frequently tagged. |
 | Usage: beggers |  | Usage: sagh notable here is the size of 'g' compared with the previous 'sa'. It looks squashed, despite being the same height as the shoulder of 'h' in the following graph. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hermyte 'h' usually has a triangular looped head-stroke. |  | Usage: worthy the tail extension from the limb sweeps beneath preceding graphs. |
 | Usage: foghten |  | Usage: liflode heore here the sweeping tale extends back beneath the last graph of the previous word. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: risyth long 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: somer the shoulder of final 'r' ends with a scooped shoulder-stroke turning upwards. |
 | Usage: world on the folio examined, 'z'-shaped 'r' is only used after 'o'. The thick otiose stroke from the lower left of the graph curves round and on occasions forms a complete circle. |  | Usage: dark |
| S | |||
 | Usage: seson sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: wastours |
 | Usage: chesen long 's' is used in medial positions. |  | Usage: Sory |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wyde 'w' is another graph, like 'a' which stands above surrounding graphs. |  | Usage: sowyng 'w' in the middle of a word yet still towering above the letters before and after. |
 | Usage: twene |  | Usage: treoweliche more examples to show the height of 'w'. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: by 'y' is almost always dotted. The right limb of 'y' curves back to join the left limb forming a square-shaped body. |  | Usage: wery the tail is deeply curved first to the left then back to the right. |
 | Usage: glotonye |  | Usage: fairy here the tail may be seen curving back above the graph to provide the dot. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þe thorn is used mainly for the definite article and for the abbreviation of 'that'. |  | Usage: þt |
 | Usage: ȝeode yogh occurs on this folio only as equivalent of 'y'. |  | Usage: ȝef |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Coueite |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: Bote |  | Usage: Pilgryms |