Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 35 |
| Folios: | 1-183 |
| Sampled Folios: | 8v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment lower case 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: as |
 | Usage: A the lower compartment of upper case 'A' may be rounded or more angular as in version 4. |  | Usage: And |
| D | |||
 | Usage: deuocion 'd' is looped and upright. The lobe may be either angular or rounded. |  | Usage: shuld in final position 'd' often has a trailing tag. |
 | Usage: goddes |  | Usage: biden 'd' with open centre. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gold secretary 'g' with horizontal cross-stroke at the head. |  | Usage: goddes the tail of 'g' is generally quite short and may curve either clockwise or counter-clockwise. |
 | Usage: Feynyng |  | Usage: Glade upper case 'G'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: helpe 'h' is compact and usually has a waving limb-stroke which bends first clockwise then the tail-stroke turns counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: which |
 | Usage: plight one of the only occasions when the tail of 'h' does not change direction to finish. |  | Usage: Howe |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rich both modern and long 'r' are used with modern 'r' the preferred graph. |  | Usage: after the stem of 'r' may be an oblique line turning at the foot as in the first example, or it may be crescent-shaped as here. |
 | Usage: wrought long 'r' is used occasionally. |  | Usage: her(e) 'r' in final position with flourish denoting final 'e'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: souerayn long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: goddes sigma 's' is used in final position. |
 | Usage: shrifte occasionally the shaft of long 's' is split. |  | Usage: She |
| W | |||
 | Usage: woman 'w' is consistently formed with a long left arm which extends above the rest of the graph. |  | Usage: rewle even when 'w' is in the middle of a word the formation is the same. |
 | Usage: how |  | Usage: Which in initial position whether upper or lower case, there is usually a fine approach stroke. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ys 'y' is usually, though not always, dotted. |  | Usage: nyght the tail of 'y' varies in curvature. |
 | Usage: Honestly |  | Usage: ynnocence |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: haþe thorn is used frequently in all the usual instances but also as replacement for 'th'. |  | Usage: þynge the stem of thorn is a curve, and when in initial position, with an approach stroke to begin. |
 | Usage: goþe |  | Usage: Þis |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: To |  | Usage: Be |
 | Usage: Ordeyned |  | Usage: Pawlyn |