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A |
| Usage: passed little variation in single compartment 'a'. | | Usage: aright |
| Usage: And | | |
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D |
| Usage: don there is little variation in the formation of the scribe's 'd' graph which is always looped. | | Usage: chield 'd' in final position features a diagonal tag descending from the extension of the loop. |
| Usage: badde | | |
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G |
| Usage: Boloigne 'g' is always double compartment. | | Usage: Besechyng the double compartment 'g' has a slightly larger lower lobe. Here in final position a tag is attached to the horizontal slash (which in this example is sloping upwards). |
| Usage: dought(er) 'gh' combination. | | |
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H |
| Usage: whens the scribe's formation of 'h' is extremely consistent. | | Usage: goth in the 'th' combination the cross bar of 't' extends to cross the 'h'. The 'ght' combination is not crossed. |
| Usage: He even the upper case letter varies little. | | |
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R |
| Usage: Margarys example to show the scribe's use of both 'z'-shaped 'r' and modern 'r'. 'z'-shaped 'r' is used in all positions. | | Usage: reto(ur)ne 'z'-shaped 'r' in initial position. This 'r' is used for the majority of the time. |
| Usage: myrry the only use of long 'r' on f167r, but used in initial position also on f241r. | | |
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S |
| Usage: she sigma 's' used in initial and final positions. | | Usage: was |
| Usage: besy a characteristic of the Hammond scribe is the arching head-stroke on long 's' which sweeps over following letters and spaces. | | Usage: swerdis long 's' in initial position with head-stroke arching over the following letter. |
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W |
| Usage: whider again the scribe's 'w' graph shows little variation. | | Usage: nowe |
| Usage: Were upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line. The left limb of the letter is longer than in the previous examples. | | |
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Y |
| Usage: Besechyng the tail of 'y' is usually fairly short and does not describe a great arc. | | Usage: myght on some occasions, the right arm of 'y' is higher than the left arm of the graph. |
| Usage: Yif 'Y' in initial position in the line and tipped with red ink. | | |
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p |
| Usage: spak the descender of 'p' is at an acute angle. | | Usage: Tercia pars |
| Usage: vpon | | Usage: Pavyk even upper case 'P' has the same characteristics. |
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Some Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Ne | | Usage: Ernest |
| Usage: But | | Usage: This |