Scribal Profile Upright hooked g Scribe | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. USA, Princeton University Library, Taylor MS 6 (former Penrose 12) |
| Current Manuscript: | USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS Taylor 6 |
| Folios: | 1-225 |
| Sampled Folios: | 8v, 9r |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: alle only single compartment 'a' is used throughout. |  | Usage: drad |
 | Usage: Amen this upper case 'A' is used in the scribe's copy of Trevisa's dedication to Thomas, Lord Berkeley at the beginning of the manuscript. |  | Usage: And all upper case 'A's on the folio examined are of this variety. |
| D | |||
 | Usage: dedes unlooped secretary 'd' is used almost exclusively on the folio examined. However, see version 3. |  | Usage: world hairline otiose strokes are added to several graphs in final position. |
 | Usage: drad very occasionally the scribe uses a looped 'd'. However, tailed 'd' is used in final position. |  | Usage: Dedalus |
| G | |||
 | Usage: gastliche the crescent-shaped hook on the scribe's 'g' gives this scribe his name. |  | Usage: making 'g' in final position with long tag descending from the horizontal slash. |
 | Usage: connyng occasionally instead of adding the hook to the end of the tail of 'g', the scribe turns the tail counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: Gregorie |
| H | |||
 | Usage: had 'h' has a foot at the base of the stem and the extension from the limb barely descends below the line. |  | Usage: roteth the scribe uses a hairline tail-stroke to extend from the limb and turns it counter-clockwise. |
 | Usage: englissh 'h' after 's' is crossed. |  | Usage: Harcules a distinctive graph for upper case 'H'. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reneweth modern 'r' seems to be used mainly in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: maner 'z'-shaped 'r' is used in all positions and always with curving otiose stroke from the bottom left of the graph. |
 | Usage: thordre both 'r's in evidence in this word. |  | Usage: Ranulph |
| S | |||
 | Usage: scorne long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. The stem is thick but tapers below the line. The head-stroke is fine. |  | Usage: trauailes kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position and almost always has a fine otiose stroke attached. |
 | Usage: noblesse the angle of long 's' may be seen in this example. |  | Usage: Seneca |
| W | |||
 | Usage: wondres 'w' is of the two 'v' variety with single lobe to the right. |  | Usage: rew |
 | Usage: Wherfore this 'W' occurs after a punctus and varies from the lower case in size only. |  | Usage: Writing within the body of the text, this upper case 'W' is also used when it occurs on the top line. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: youre the scribe has two variants of 'y', this one with waving tail which may have a hooked appearance, as here, or a wavy descent as in version 4. |  | Usage: worthy the scribe also has a 'y' with short straight tail descending at an angle from the body of the graph. 'y' is almost always dotted. |
 | Usage: connyng |  | Usage: liȝtely |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þer thorn does not appear on the folio of text examined. It does, however appear in the introductory dedication. |  | Usage: þe |
 | Usage: liȝtely yogh is used as equivalent of both 'y' and 'gh'. |  | Usage: ȝif |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Englissh |  | Usage: Boor |
 | Usage: Tabearu(m) |  | Usage: Philosophres |