• London, British Library MS Additional 24194 / Delta

Profile Delta Profiles for this Scribe: Cambridge, St John's College, MS H.1 (204) London, British Library MS Royal 18 C.XXII Cambridge, St. John's College MS H.1 (204) London, British Library MS Additional 24194 USA, Princeton University Library, MS Garrett 151

• Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 393D / Adam Pinkhurst

MS B.15.17 (353) Cambridge, University Library MS Kk. 1. 3 Part 20 (XX) London (Kew), National Archives, SC 8/20/997 London, Guildhall Library 5370 [Scriveners' Company Common Paper] London, Mercers'Company, Accounts Book, 1391 Current Manuscript: Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales

• London, British Library, Harley 3869 / Confessio Amantis

Manuscript Description London, British Library, Harley 3869 Title: Confessio Amantis Author: Gower Contents: Confessio Amantis with added addenda, Traitie with associated Latin verses; Carmen super multiplici viciorum pestilencia; 'Eneidos Bucolis' plus two Marian lyrics added by a later 15th-century hand

• London, British Library MS Additional 12044 / Hand 1

Hand 1 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 12044 Folios: 1-64v Sampled Folios: 17r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'al'; lower case 'a' is always a double compartment letter. Usage: 'as'; straight-sided 'a'

• London, British Library MS Additional 12044 / Hand 2

Hand 2 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 12044 Folios: 65r-113 Sampled Folios: 68r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'cause'; single compartment 'a' used almost exclusively for the lower case letter. Usage: 'sawe';

• London, British Library MS Additional 12524 / Unknown

Unknown Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 12524 Folios: 1-28 Sampled Folios: 9r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'faddre'; double compartment 'a' is used with angled flattened head-stroke to the upper compartment producing

• London, British Library MS Additional 23002 / Unknown

Unknown Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 23002 Folios: 1-53 Sampled Folios: 11r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'day'; the single compartment graph is the most usual form of lower case 'a'. Usage:

• London, British Library MS Additional 28617 / Unknown

Unknown Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 28617 Sampled Folios: 15v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'was'; single compartment 'a' used most of the time. Usage: 'Thessaylle'; Usage: 'and'; a very peculiar 'a'

• London, British Library MS Sloane 314 / Unknown

Unknown Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Sloane 314 Folios: 65v-106 Sampled Folios: 83r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'haue'; secretary single compartment 'a' is used most of the time but a double compartment

• London, British Library MS Additional 5140 / Hand 2

Hand 2 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 5140 Folios: 229r-425r Sampled Folios: 229r, 359v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'a'; single compartment secretary 'a' used for the lower case letter . Usage:

• London, British Library MS Additional 35286 / Unknown

Unknown Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 35286 Sampled Folios: 54r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'Than'; single compartment lower case 'a' used habitually throughout the text. However, double compartment lower case 'a's

• London, British Library MS Arundel 140 / Unknown

Unknown Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Arundel 140 Folios: 166-181 Sampled Folios: 166r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'called'; the scribe uses a mixture of double compartment and secretary 'a's. Single 'a' as

• London, British Library MS Egerton 2726 / Hand 1

Hand 1 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Egerton 2726 Folios: 1-48 + lines 1-8 of 49r; 111 except for lines 1 and 2. Sampled Folios: 40v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: nat'; the

• London, British Library MS Egerton 2726 / Hand 2

Hand 2 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Egerton 2726 Folios: 49-55 (except for lines 1-8 on f49); 64-270v (except for 111r). Sampled Folios: 156v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'mannes'; anglicana and secretary

• London, British Library MS Harley 372 / Unknown

Unknown Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Harley 372 Identification: Hand 2 copied Anelida and Arcite Folios: 57-70 Sampled Folios: 57r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'a'; secretary 'a' used throughout the text. Usage:

• London, British Library MS Sloane 1009 part 1 / Unknown

Unknown Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Sloane 1009 part 1 Folios: 2-57: (Tale of Melibeus 29-48r) Sampled Folios: 33r Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'a'; indefinite article. 'a' is always a double compartment

• London, British Library MS Sloane 1685 / Hand 1

Hand 1 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Sloane 1685 Folios: 1-46 (line 9) Sampled Folios: 43v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'al'; anglicana double compartment 'a'. Usage: 'Absolon'; upper case 'A'. Usage: 'And';

• London, British Library MS Sloane 1685 / Hand 2

Hand 2 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Sloane 1685 Folios: 46v-62v Sampled Folios: 46v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'mares'; the shape of this graph varies little. The upper compartment sits just proud

• London, British Library MS Sloane 1685 / Hand 3

Hand 3 Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Sloane 1685 Folios: 63r-222r Sampled Folios: 157v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'was'; all lower case 'a's are double compartment. Note that this scribe also writes

• London, British Library MS Additional 27944 / Hand C

Hand C Current Manuscript: London, British Library MS Additional 27944 Folios: 152ra-196rb (line 6) Sampled Folios: 152r, 196r(column 'a' and 'b' up to line 9) Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of The British Library a Usage: 'watir'; the scribe uses