Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, Institution of Engineering and Technology Library, MS Thompson 1 |
| Folios: | 1-31 |
| Sampled Folios: | 17v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: as double compartment 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: astralaby 'a' is fairly consistently formed. |
 | Usage: And |  | Usage: Anothir upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line and washed with yellow. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: diuidid (first 'd') the scribe has both looped and unlooped 'd'. The lower lobe is triangular. |  | Usage: naked final 'd' is often tagged. |
 | Usage: And the scribe also uses unlooped 'd' occasionally. There does not seem to be any specific reason for the selection of this 'd' rather than the looped version. |  | Usage: condescendith both types of 'd' are used in this word. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: greke double compartment 'g' is always used. |  | Usage: p(er)tenyng in final position 'g' is tagged. |
 | Usage: rightfull the lower compartment is set at a slight angle giving the graph a tilted appearance. |  | Usage: englisch |
| H | |||
 | Usage: harde 'h' is neatly executed with tail-stroke contained beneath the graph. |  | Usage: englisch after 'c', 't' and 'g', 'h' is often, though not always crossed. |
 | Usage: myght |  | Usage: sufficeth |
| R | |||
 | Usage: rewlys modern 'r' is used in all positions. |  | Usage: prayer(e) final 'r' is frequently flourished, probably for missing final 'e'. |
 | Usage: mortal 'z'-shaped 'r' has a trailing otiose stroke descending from the lower left of the graph. |  | Usage: Astralabiu(m) an 'r' in the scribe's display script. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sufficiant long 's' is always used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: nou(m)bres the scribe uses both kidney 's' and 8-shaped 's' in final position. |
 | Usage: as |  | Usage: possibil |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wrappit 'w' comes in a variety of forms. Here the limbs turn to the right with the second stroke left open at the head. |  | Usage: wel here the limbs lean backwards slightly. |
 | Usage: which in this example there are two closed loops at the head. |  | Usage: rewlys |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: lowys sometimes 'y' is 'dotted' with a separate curved stroke with tail. |  | Usage: astralaby |
 | Usage: latyn the fork of the graph is generally at the lower level of surrounding graphs. |  | Usage: p(ar)fytely curvature of the tail-stroke varies. |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þis thorn is mainly used for the definite article and demonstratives. |  | Usage: þe |
 | Usage: ȝofen yogh is used as equivalent of the element 'y'. |  | Usage: oriȝonte it is also used to represent the 'z' sound. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Astralabiu(m) upper case 'A' in the scribe's display script for the title. |  | Usage: This |
 | Usage: Iewes |  | Usage: Oxenford |