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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-a.jpg) | Usage: cas single compartment 'a' used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-a2.jpg) | Usage: man 'a' may or may not have a small horn-like extension at the head. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-a3.jpg) | Usage: a initial letter of a line. The scribe only uses an upper case letter for the first line of a stanza so there are no examples on the folio examined. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-a4.jpg) | Usage: Pandare a rounded 'a' and a more horned variety are both used in this word. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-d.jpg) | Usage: freend 'd' is looped and may appear squashed as in this example or it may have a more pointed lower lobe as in versions 2 and 3. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-d2.jpg) | Usage: deere |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-d3.jpg) | Usage: deere 'd' as initial letter of 'deere' on top line. The blobs on the loop of the 'd' may be a bleed as a result of a fold in the paper. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-d4.jpg) | Usage: hold 'd' in final position. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-g.jpg) | Usage: god tailed secretary 'g' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-g2.jpg) | Usage: god the head is horned with horizontal cross-bar and reverse flick on the tail. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-g3.jpg) | Usage: nothyng | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harlet2392-81-g4.jpg) | Usage: glad |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-h.jpg) | Usage: help 'h' is also usually quite squat. It tends to tilt a little to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-h2.jpg) | Usage: this 'h' frequently has a very short limb. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-h3.jpg) | Usage: haue 'h' as it appears initially on the top line of verse with extended stem. | | |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-r.jpg) | Usage: war modern 'r' used in all positions except after 'o' and round-bodied graphs where 'z'-shaped 'r' is used. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-r2.jpg) | Usage: brouht 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and some consonants. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-r3.jpg) | Usage: teer 'r' with flourish in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-r4.jpg) | Usage: beforn an otiose stroke descending in a curve from the bottom left side of this 'z'-shaped 'r'. On the folio examined, it is the exception rather than the rule. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-s.jpg) | Usage: is final horned 's' gives the impression of being open at the top where the hairline is almost invisible.. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-s2.jpg) | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-s3.jpg) | Usage: so the lead-in stroke to the thick stem of long 's'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-s4.jpg) | Usage: mysse 'ss' set at an angle. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-w.jpg) | Usage: war 'w' in initial position. This more rounded 'w' is usually used when it follows another letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-w2.jpg) | Usage: werste the cursive 'w' is used more frequently in initial position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-w3.jpg) | Usage: wrath | | |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-y.jpg) | Usage: may the tail of 'y' varies in length but is rarely short. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-y2.jpg) | Usage: nothyng |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-y3.jpg) | Usage: certeyn | | |
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I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-WL1.jpg) | Usage: I a closed circular head-loop for upper case 'I'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: I on the top line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2392-81-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: I upper case 'I' follows the slant of letters such as long 's' and 'f'. | | |
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P |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley 2392-81-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Pandarus the only example of upper case 'P' on this folio, but distinctive in formation. | | |
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