Snape's writing

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 136920

OotP: "So, Snape had to be fifteen or sixteen, around Harry's own age.  His hand was flying across the parchment; he had written at least a foot more than his closest neighbours, and yet his writing was *miniscule and cramped.*"

Now, I can't find, if it's there, where the writing in Advanced Potion Making is described as miniscule and cramped but Hermione does say "It might have been a girl.  I think the handwriting looks more like a girl's than a boy's."  Ron at one point says Hermione's writing is small (sorry, I forget which book) when he's trying to get a few more inches of information for an essay.

But the question is, why doesn't Harry recognize the writing in the book as Snape's when he's seen Snape's handwriting at the time when Snape would have been writing in this book?  Even if Snape's writing now, when he writes on the blackboard, is different, Harry has seen the 15 yr-old Snape's writing before.  

Any ideas?  Is Snape taking credit for his Mother's work?

CathyD


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