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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-a.jpg) | Usage: al lower case 'a' is always a double compartment letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-a2.jpg) | Usage: as straight-sided 'a' with horizontal cross-bar. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-a3.jpg) | Usage: And the scribe's looped upper case 'A's differ in the shape of the lower compartment which may be square or rounded. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-a4.jpg) | Usage: And |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-d4.jpg) | Usage: land lower case 'd' nearly always has an angular lower lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-d2.jpg) | Usage: pandarus |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-d3.jpg) | Usage: coude unusual occurrence of a more rounded letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-d4.jpg) | Usage: bedde double 'd''. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-g.jpg) | Usage: game double compartment 'g' used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-g2.jpg) | Usage: doyng 'g' as final letter with tag. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-g3.jpg) | Usage: nought 'g' is often to be found with lower compartment angled to the right of the upper lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-g4.jpg) | Usage: grene |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-h.jpg) | Usage: shent the most usual shape for 'h' with triangular head-stroke. The stem of the letter is very slightly angled to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-h2.jpg) | Usage: this the tail is tucked away but extends clockwise back beyond the body of the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-h3.jpg) | Usage: nought the scribe almost always crosses the 'h' in 'th', 'gh', and 'ght' combinations. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-h4.jpg) | Usage: Halt upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line with open head-stroke and pronounced angled foot to the stem. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-r.jpg) | Usage: were long 'r' is used in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-r2.jpg) | Usage: or 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'o'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-r3.jpg) | Usage: grauen | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-r4.jpg) | Usage: Right initial upper case 'R' at the beginning of a line. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-s.jpg) | Usage: as sigma 's' used in both final and initial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-s2.jpg) | Usage: sawes initial letter of a word. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-s3.jpg) | Usage: skarsely long 's' is used in medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-s4.jpg) | Usage: So upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-w.jpg) | Usage: wheche the more or less consistent shape of this scribe's 'w', here rather larger than usual on the top line of verse. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-w2.jpg) | Usage: lawes |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-w3.jpg) | Usage: white | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-w4.jpg) | Usage: How very little variation in this letter except for height of middle stroke. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-y.jpg) | Usage: eu(er)y 'y' is consistently formed and varies only in the length of tail-stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-y2.jpg) | Usage: thy men the tail stroke continues into the space before the following word begins. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-y3.jpg) | Usage: may occasionally the tail appears shorter and the letter more squat. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-y4.jpg) | Usage: lay he |
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I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-WL1.jpg) | Usage: I distinctive upper case 'I' with looped or curved approach stroke to thick stalk which tapers as it descends. Use of this form and the simpler shape of version 3 seem interchangeable. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: In the word is the third word of the line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: I a simpler variation of upper case 'I'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: In the first word of the line. The lower traces of the stem may be seen beneath the 'A' of the line below. |
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Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Ȝif yogh as initial letter of a line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: ȝit the word is in the middle of a line but the yogh is a large letter compared with the surrounding ones. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝif | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add12044-17-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: aȝeyn |