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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-a.jpg) | Usage: was single compartment 'a' used most of the time. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-a2.jpg) | Usage: Thessaylle |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-a3.jpg) | Usage: and a very peculiar 'a' for the beginning of 'and' but it may be the scribe's double compartment 'a'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And upper case 'A' as the first letter of the first line. Below on the next line is the smaller version of the same letter. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-d.jpg) | Usage: shulde looped 'd' used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-d2.jpg) | Usage: hadde |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-d3.jpg) | Usage: And exaggerated backward extension of the loop of 'd'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-d4.jpg) | Usage: passed the scribe's tag on 'd' in final position descends way below the word. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-g.jpg) | Usage: gentyl tailed 'g' is consistent in its form on this folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-g2.jpg) | Usage: grete the right stroke is curved and extends to form the tail. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-g3.jpg) | Usage: kyng | | |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-h.jpg) | Usage: thes the head-loop of 'h' curves round and connects back to the graph some way down from the shoulder. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-h2.jpg) | Usage: he |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-h3.jpg) | Usage: he 'h' with exaggerated ascenders on the top line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-h4.jpg) | Usage: Hym upper case letter at the beginning of a line. As with the example in version 2 the ascender of 'h' appears split. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-r.jpg) | Usage: ffredam long 'r' used in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-r2.jpg) | Usage: wher 'r' in final position with flourish. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-r3.jpg) | Usage: Riche upper case 'R'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-r4.jpg) | Usage: or the scribe's 'z'-shaped 'r' with an extra addition making it appear more like a modern 'r'. This 'r' only occurs a few times on this folio and always after 'o'. Otherwise long 'r' is the only 'r' used. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-s.jpg) | Usage: was sigma 's' is always used in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-s2.jpg) | Usage: so although this graph looks like an upper case 'S' it is almost always used in initial position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-s3.jpg) | Usage: flessh both 'ff' and 'ss' are clumsily executed with stalks at varying angles. | | |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-w.jpg) | Usage: was a distinctive lower case 'w' with high central loop and a head-stroke from the left limb which arches through the central loop and over following graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-w2.jpg) | Usage: wyse a tortured execution of 'w'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-w3.jpg) | Usage: wolde | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-w4.jpg) | Usage: betwixen the 'B'-shaped element at the right is often clumsily executed. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-y.jpg) | Usage: y a current form of 'y' where the junction of the two strokes is at the head of the graph and the tail is much lengthened. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-y2.jpg) | Usage: lusty |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-y3.jpg) | Usage: ys | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-y4.jpg) | Usage: tyme 'y' on bottom line with an unusual downturn of the tail. |
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l |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: leve as with 'h' on the top line of the folio, 'l' consists of both ascending and descending strokes. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: fremdely the descender of 'l' frequently joins the base of the letter. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: bloode the 'b' and 'l' are difficult to distinguish and formed in similar fashion. | | |
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O |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Off upper case 'O' in initial position at the beginning of the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Off again at the beginning of a line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Officers | | |
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I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL3.jpg) | Usage: I the hooked approach to 'I' joins the stem sometimes almost half-way down. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL3-2.jpg) | Usage: Iason |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL3-3.jpg) | Usage: Innocent | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add28617-15v-WL3-4.jpg) | Usage: I |