Scribal Profile William Cotson de Dunstaple canonicus | |
| Profiles for this Scribe: | 1. England, Manchester, Chetham's Library MS 6709 |
| Current Manuscript: | England, Manchester, Chetham's Library MS 6709 (Mun. A.4.104) |
| Folios: | 1-287 |
| Sampled Folios: | 160r, 173r, 272r, 274v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: and single compartment 'a' is used as the lower case graph. |  | Usage: Areste in the middle of a line and on several other occasions too. The basic shape for the upper case graph. |
 | Usage: Among the basic graph is elaborated in a variety of ways. |  | Usage: A woman |
| D | |||
 | Usage: devyse both looped and unlooped 'd' are used. |  | Usage: doth a long thick stem for unlooped 'd'. |
 | Usage: did looped 'd's with pointed lower lobes. 'd' in final position has an extended loop stroke which turns down to finish in the form of a tag. |  | Usage: Dunstaple the upper case graph. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: A geyn tailed 'g' with counter-clockwise turn on the tail. |  | Usage: long 'g' in final position with extension of the horizontal slash and final upward curl. |
 | Usage: Among in this example, the tail of 'g' is much longer, turns clockwise and then continues in a horizontal line beneath the previous graphs. |  | Usage: Gwerdon |
| H | |||
 | Usage: heere 'h' with looped head resting on the shoulder and long tail-stroke which turns clockwise and then loops back on itself. |  | Usage: nyght |
 | Usage: Hard upper case 'H' with extended tail-stroke which descends clockwise into the margin then loops back on itself. |  | Usage: Her |
| R | |||
 | Usage: radde modern 'r' and 'z'-shaped 'r' are used in all positions. |  | Usage: othyr 'z'-shaped 'r' is used in all positions. |
 | Usage: frowarde |  | Usage: Reu(er)ence an elaborate upper case 'R'. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: socowre long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |  | Usage: As a horned secretary 's' in final position. |
 | Usage: was a very angular 8-shaped 's' is also used in final position. |  | Usage: Swayn upper case 'S' with otiose strokes ascending from the head and descending from the bottom of the graph. |
| W | |||
 | Usage: were the scribe uses a variety of 'w' graphs. Here the head is looped but the lower limbs form sharply angled 'v's. |  | Usage: well this graph occurs in the middle of a line so one might assume that it is not the upper case graph. The curved approach to an angled head leads in to a cursive shape for a double 'v' form with single lobe to the right. |
 | Usage: wtowte |  | Usage: Within a different upper case version with angled foot at the base of the left limb. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: myn 'y' only varies in the length and curve of the tail-stroke. |  | Usage: gylty |
 | Usage: day |  | Usage: Saynte |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: Nevyr |  | Usage: Be |
 | Usage: Of |  | Usage: To |