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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-a.jpg) | Usage: mastres double compartment 'a' used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-a2.jpg) | Usage: may |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-a3.jpg) | Usage: And upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-a4.jpg) | Usage: And an alternative upper case 'A'. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-d.jpg) | Usage: digne unlooped 'd' is used most frequently and varies little. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-d2.jpg) | Usage: lord looped 'd' is also used occasionally. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-d3.jpg) | Usage: fostered occasionally it is possible to see a slight curve at the top of the stem of 'd'. | | |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-g.jpg) | Usage: digne tailed secretary 'g' with reverse flick on the descender. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-g2.jpg) | Usage: glade |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-g3.jpg) | Usage: God upper case 'G' decorated with a double parallel line. | | |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-h.jpg) | Usage: house the stem is fairly short with head-loop resting on the shoulder. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-h2.jpg) | Usage: How upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line with hooked extension out into the left margin. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-h3.jpg) | Usage: chamberer 'ch' combination. The head-stroke is compressed. | | |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-r.jpg) | Usage: maner 'z'-shaped 'r' used in every position the majority of the time. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-r2.jpg) | Usage: fortune modern 'r' with curved stem is used occasionally. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-r3.jpg) | Usage: chamberer the single use of long 'r' on this folio. Here it occurs at the end of the line below the 'r' in version 1 and it has a flourish. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-r4.jpg) | Usage: Returneþ upper case letter at the beginning of a line. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-s.jpg) | Usage: faderes sigma 's' always used in final position. Occasionally used initially also. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-s2.jpg) | Usage: soule the shaft of long 's' does not usually taper off but ends abruptly. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-s3.jpg) | Usage: sche when used in initial position, this 's' usually stands above the following letters. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-s4.jpg) | Usage: So upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-w.jpg) | Usage: wote the scribe uses a variety of 'w's even on a single folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-w2.jpg) | Usage: alwey 'w' with looped head and single lobe at the right. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-w3.jpg) | Usage: Wiþ upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line. | | |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-y.jpg) | Usage: my 'y' varies little. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-y2.jpg) | Usage: maydynhede |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-y3.jpg) | Usage: wey the scribe extends the tail of 'y' into the right margin. | | |
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Thorn and yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þat the scribe uses thorn occasionally. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: Þe thorn used at the beginning of a line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝoure yogh is used throughout for the 'y' sound as in 'ȝew', 'ȝe', and the gutteral as in 'ȝaue'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: wiȝt it is also used for the 'gh' sound. |
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I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-WL2.jpg) | Usage: I although faint, it is worth including this upper case 'I'. The scribe uses several varieties of head-stroke. However, there are frequently two short slashes across the shaft of the letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: I 'I' as the first letter of a line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley5908-61-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: I the exception that proves the rule, perhaps. |