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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-a.jpg) | Usage: alle double compartment 'a' used throughout. Occasionally the scribe creates a small overhang to the right of the top stroke. Apart from that there is little variation in the formation of the letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-a2.jpg) | Usage: And upper case 'A'. Again the shape of upper case 'A' hardly varies on this folio. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-d.jpg) | Usage: goode almost no variation on this letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-d2.jpg) | Usage: David upper case 'D'. The three examples on this folio vary little. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-d3.jpg) | Usage: qd 'd' with tail. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-d4.jpg) | Usage: sadd |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-g.jpg) | Usage: god anglicana 'g' always used where 'g' is the initial letter of the word. It occurs medially once only, in the combination 'gh'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-g2.jpg) | Usage: nought secretary 'g' used in almost all cases where the 'g' is within the word or is the final letter, as in the word 'thing'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-g3.jpg) | Usage: oughte | | |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-h.jpg) | Usage: hope the shape of 'h' is almost invariable. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-h2.jpg) | Usage: hateth the 'th' combination with crossed 'h'. The aspect of this scribe's hand is that the script appears slightly angled and this is seen here especially in the 't'. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-r.jpg) | Usage: vnderstonde modern 'r' used throughout in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-r2.jpg) | Usage: lord 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and also after 'p'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-r3.jpg) | Usage: verry the scribe's letters are evenly spaced throughout and the hand is very controlled and even. | | |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-s.jpg) | Usage: was sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. Again there is very little variation in the letter form. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-s2.jpg) | Usage: confession long 's' always used in medial positions. Double 's' formed as here with shorter first stroke. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-s3.jpg) | Usage: s(er)uice 'er' abbreviation attached to initial 's'. | | |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-w.jpg) | Usage: were | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-w2.jpg) | Usage: withoute occasionally the top of the second stroke is left open. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-w3.jpg) | Usage: what 'w' is always a separate letter as seen here in the 'wh' combination. | | |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-y.jpg) | Usage: foryeuenesse 'y' almost always has this mark above. A similar though smaller mark is sometimes present above 'i'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-y2.jpg) | Usage: body the only 'y' on the folio with just a dot above. The mark following is not an extension of the tail of 'y' but a virgule which the scribe uses consistently |
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Ampersand |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: The scribe's regular ampersand. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: The same basic configuration which varies according to space available. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Two ampersands intertwined. |
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c |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: criste 'c' frequently has a short horn above the head of the letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: couenable |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ArchSeldB14-276v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: chirche | | |