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Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, Boston, MA, Boston Public Library, f.med 94 |
| Folios: | f74v (back flyleaf) |
| Sampled Folios: | 74v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: argonautis most of the scribe's lower case 'a's follow the example shown here. There is usually a hairline stroke ascending at an oblique angle from the head of the graph, the extension of the hairline closing stroke. |  | Usage: sal occasionally the stroke across the head is thicker. |
 | Usage: And upper case 'A's often look rather tortured and ill-defined. | Usage: And | |
| D | |||
 | Usage: diuers 'd' is looped with a bowl which is either rounded or oval as here. |  | Usage: And 'd' in final position always has an extended tag descending below the graph. |
 | Usage: worde the first element of 'e' is a continuation of the loop of 'd'. A hairline connects to the second element of 'e'. | Usage: dayis | |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gaf like the 'a' graph, 'g' has an extended hairline stroke angling up obliquely from the head. |  | Usage: kengis the tail loops round and crosses the descending stroke to join to the next graph. |
 | Usage: strangast |  | Usage: argonautis |
| H | |||
 | Usage: hatht 'h' has a looped head-stroke which connects back to the stem. The shoulder is set away from the stem and the tail-stroke loops back and crosses itself to connect to the next graph. |  | Usage: Qwhoso |
 | Usage: qwyhlle |  | Usage: The |
| R | |||
 | Usage: resson 'z'-shaped 'r' is used on all occasions in every position. |  | Usage: diuers |
 | Usage: thar |  | Usage: argonautis |
| S | |||
 | Usage: sal long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: diuers an 's' similar to German 'ss' is always used in final position. |
 | Usage: Qwhoso the stem of 's' is often very thick with a contrasting much finer stroke for the head. |  | Usage: anssowr |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wyn 'w' always has a much extended left arm wherever it occurs. |  | Usage: sowld |
 | Usage: qwht |  | Usage: Qwhoso |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: qwhylle 'y' and thorn are exactly the same and difficult to distinguish. |  | Usage: wyn |
 | Usage: y(c)h |  | Usage: thay |
| Thorn | |||
 | Usage: þat |  | Usage: þaj |