Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet D.4 (SC 30126) |
| Folios: | 4-30 |
| Sampled Folios: | 14r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: a single compartment 'a' used mostly though there is an occasional double compartment graph. |  | Usage: may a diagonal down-stroke which begins above the lobe and ends beneath it. |
 | Usage: And occasionally th scribe appears to use a double compartment upper case 'A' instead of a lower case letter. The word is in the middle of a line and the scribe's upper case graph used at the beginnings of lines is different |  | Usage: And the scribe's typical upper case 'A', rather similar to the one frequently used by Hoccleve. used |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dryve e scribe's 'd' is looped witn scoop-shaped lower lobe with flat top. |  | Usage: assentyd 'd' in final position with loop stroke continued down below the level of the tail of 'y' and curled to finish. |
 | Usage: dydde |  | Usage: and final 'd' has a long loop stretching diagonally backwards over the other two graphs. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goode 'g' is tailed with rounded compartment and a tail-stroke which descends thickly and turns sharply clockwise but which does not quite close to join on to the descender. |  | Usage: syngyng 'g' in final position with flattened tail as it turns clockwise. The horizontal stroke from the top of the head ends with a short decsending tag. |
 | Usage: longyng |  | Usage: kun(n)ynge tailed 'g' looping round to complete the final 'e'. |
| H | |||
 | Usage: herde the graph is balanced with a head-stroke which descends at a steep angle and ends beyond the body of the graph, and a tail-stroke with a long descent from the shoulder, an acute turn clockwise thence ascending as far as the bottom of the stem. |  | Usage: which 'h' in final position and crossed to follow 'c'. |
 | Usage: the sometimes the tail is taken almost back up to the top of the graph. |  | Usage: How upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. The split stem and the foot at the lower end of the stem differentiate this graph from the lower case version. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: Redy there are no lower case initial 'r's on this folio. The scribe uses the upper case version each time 'r' is in initial position. |  | Usage: Emp(er)our 'r' in final position with downward turn from the shoulder. |
 | Usage: or 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o'. There is an extra, separate stroke to finish. |  | Usage: Riht 'R' at the beginning of a line. The scribe sometimes uses this upper case graph in initial position in words in the text. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: so sigma 's' which is just a smaller version of the upper case letter. |  | Usage: Sekenesses the final sigma 's'. |
 | Usage: assentyd long 's' is used in medial positions only on this folio. |  | Usage: Sekenesses upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: was although of strange and rather straggly formation, 'w' does not vary very much. |  | Usage: [N]Ow the first word of the folio. The 'N' is missing and the second letter is upper case. |
 | Usage: was a rounder form of the same graph. |  | Usage: Which upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: ys 'y' with curled lip to lead in to the left arm. The tail descends at an angle and turns counter-clockwise to run horizontal. |  | Usage: Redy 'y' in final position with tail curling up counter-clockwise and ending above the body of the graph. |
 | Usage: hooly 'y' in the final position in a line. Note the extra 'squiggle' which the scribe adds at the end of every line on this folio. |  | Usage: nyh 'y' in the middle of a word followed by 'h' in final posiyion which again is crossed. |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Off |  | Usage: The |
 | Usage: Is |  | Usage: Knowledge |
| 'l' and 'b' | |||
 | Usage: lepre |  | Usage: folkes |
 | Usage: Abbey |  | Usage: brother |