Scribal Profile Unknown | |
| Current Manuscript: | London, British Library MS Additional 9832 |
| Folios: | 1-42 |
| Sampled Folios: | 16r |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: was single compartment 'a' used mostly, but not exclusively within the text. |  | Usage: And upper case 'A' used at the beginning of a line. The shape of this letter may vary. |
 | Usage: And another variation on the upper case letter. |  | Usage: Arage the text reads 'this man in suche arage'. The scribe diverges from his usual practice of using single compartment 'a' within the text and joins the indefinite article to the noun. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: And final 'd' frequently has a final long descending tag. |  | Usage: hardynes looped 'd' used throughout. |
 | Usage: Devise this 'd', used at the beginning of the verb 'to devise', may be the scribe's upper case letter used randomly. |  | Usage: Defence this time this letter shape is used for the initial letter of a noun. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: grete 'g' is double compartment anglicana 'g'. |  | Usage: thought the fine hairline stroke from lower to upper lobe occasionally seems to be missing. |
 | Usage: gentyllnes the upper lobe appears to be slightly ahead of the lower lobe. |  | Usage: thynge parts of the letter frequently seem to be missing! |
| H | |||
 | Usage: his looped head-stroke for 'h' which grazes the shoulder. |  | Usage: deth the limb is usually short and straight. |
 | Usage: Hit initial letter of a line with noticeable extension to the left of the looped head=stroke. |  | Usage: thes 'h' formed with continuous stroke from cross bar of 't'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: here modern 'r' alternates with long 'r'. |  | Usage: vtterly the only use of 'z'-shaped 'r' on this folio. |
 | Usage: mor long 'r' is used here in final position with flourish perhaps to indicate a missing final 'e'. |  | Usage: Rose upper case 'R' used for the beginning of the noun. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: was the stroke to the right at the top of the letter is almost always more or less at right angles. Sometimes, as here, the circle is not quite complete. |  | Usage: as occasionally the finishing stroke is curved. |
 | Usage: Shope long 's' in initial position in the line. |  | Usage: so at least two long 's's on this folio have a split stroke for the stem. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: world the first stroke of the 'w' is usually separate from the remainder of the letter. |  | Usage: was 'w' showing variation on the first stroke. There are many variations for this initial stroke. |
 | Usage: Worthy initial letter of a line so probably an upper case graph. |  | Usage: went |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: hym a very restrained tail on 'y'. |  | Usage: boundyn the more usual tail bending backwards beneath previous letters before turning counter-clockwise. |
 | Usage: nobyll |  | Usage: shortely |
| Macrons | |||
 | Usage: disrupcio(u)n the scribe uses a variety of macrons, here a horizontal elongated one. |  | Usage: man(n) another variation of the macron. |
 | Usage: lyon |  | Usage: man in example of the macron continuing over the letters of the following word in 'man in'. |
| p | |||
 | Usage: cleopatra 'p' with open top. |  | Usage: skypp |
 | Usage: p(er)sone 'er' abbreviation. | ||
| More s's | |||
 | Usage: desert not shown under the regular description of 's' but there are also several examples of 's' where it is possible to see the approach stroke very clearly on the stem of the letter. |  | Usage: p(er)sone |
 | Usage: discression |  | Usage: She initial letter of a line. |