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[email protected] THE SCRIBAL FINGERPRINT: A GRAPHETIC ANALYSIS OF MS GLASGOW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY HUNTER 83 Janneke Susanne Mol MA (Hons) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of M.Phil. University of Glasgow Department of English Language September 2009 Abstract This thesis provides a graphetic analysis of the two hands active in MS Glasgow University Library Hunter 83, a Middle English edition of a Prose Brut text. It is based on the methodology first put forward by Professor McIntosh in 1974, which uses Graphetic and Linguistic Profiles in order to identify scribal idiosyncrasies. By applying the graphetic element of this theory to MS Hunter 83, the main body of this thesis presents two „scribal fingerprints‟, ultimately singling out graphetic behaviour characteristic of both hands. The primary aim of this thesis is an in-depth analysis of the letter forms which will make up the body of the Graphetic Profiles of the two scribes.