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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-a.jpg) | Usage: and the shape of the lower case 'a' varies little on this folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-a2.jpg) | Usage: And upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-a3.jpg) | Usage: And another example of a different upper case 'A', again at the beginning of a line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-a4.jpg) | Usage: And yet another type of upper case 'A' to begin a stanza. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-d.jpg) | Usage: god this form of unlooped 'd' is used interchangeably with v2. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-d2.jpg) | Usage: Cupyde |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-d3.jpg) | Usage: dwelle a third type of lower case 'd' found as the initial letter in at least five words on this folio. | | |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-g.jpg) | Usage: glorifie 'g' used in initial position. The upper compartment is not always closed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-g2.jpg) | Usage: comyng 'g' used in final position. The lower compartment is oval in shape. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-g3.jpg) | Usage: Gou(er)naunce upper case 'G'. | | |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-h.jpg) | Usage: he 'h' as the initial letter of a word. Where 'h' begins a word, it nearly always has a foot beneath the stem on the left side. The head is left open. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-h2.jpg) | Usage: thyng looped head-stroke resting on the top of the shoulder. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-h3.jpg) | Usage: lowgh 'gh' combination with limb and then tail-stroke flicked to the right rather than curving clockwise as in the previous examples. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-h4.jpg) | Usage: his 'h' with heightened ascender on top line of verse. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-r.jpg) | Usage: ryght an example of long 'r' as the initial letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-r2.jpg) | Usage: nomor z'-shaped 'r' in final position. This 'r' occurs more frequently than long 'r' and is not confined merely to following 'o'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-r3.jpg) | Usage: your final 'r' with flourish. The 'z'-shaped 'r' is more usually found in final position. | | |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-s.jpg) | Usage: keys sigma 's' in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-s2.jpg) | Usage: semyth a typical long 's' with thick tapering stem and fine head stroke. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-s3.jpg) | Usage: Cresseyde | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-s4.jpg) | Usage: She the first letter of a new stanza and therefore slightly more exaggerated. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-w.jpg) | Usage: threw looped anglicana 'w' with three mainly even loops. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-w2.jpg) | Usage: Wtowtyn this current form of 'w' is used both within a word as here, or as an initial letter. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-w3.jpg) | Usage: why 'w' in initial position with lead-in stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-w4.jpg) | Usage: With used as the initial letter of a line of verse. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-y.jpg) | Usage: Wtowtyn 'y' varies in the length and angle of the tail-stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-y2.jpg) | Usage: semyth |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-y3.jpg) | Usage: keys | | |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-WL1.jpg) | Usage: And some of the scribe's upper case letters have a spidery aspect as here with the initial upper case letter of a stanza. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: But another upper case letter used at the beginning of a stanza. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: ffell the first letter of the opening stanza of the folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley4912-43-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Ioye upper case 'I'. |