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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-a.jpg) | Usage: Allas lower case 'a' used throughout where 'a' occurs within a word. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-a2.jpg) | Usage: At double compartment 'A' used for the upper case letter and where 'a' stands alone or is the first letter of a word. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-a3.jpg) | Usage: Tacitus straight-sided double compartment 'a' always used for the Latin quotations. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-a4.jpg) | Usage: (C)Armina the 'C' which should begin this word has been formed as if it were a paragraph mark in the ink of the text and is obviously a guide letter. The next letter is then an upper case 'A', shown here in the red ink which is used for the whole of the Latin quotation. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-d.jpg) | Usage: endyten looped 'd' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-d2.jpg) | Usage: drede 'd' with more angular lobe. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-d3.jpg) | Usage: emptyd final 'd' with flourish. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-d4.jpg) | Usage: quondam unlooped 'd' is the scribe's display letter and used for the Latin quotations. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-g.jpg) | Usage: glorie double compartment 'g' resembling a figure 8. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-g2.jpg) | Usage: weping 'g' in final position with tag. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-g3.jpg) | Usage: thing(es) 'g' with attached abbreviation for the plural which the scribe uses on several occasions on this folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-g4.jpg) | Usage: p(er)egi 'g' in the scribe's display script for Latin. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-h.jpg) | Usage: hede little variation in this letter with short limb and tail-stroke tucked away. The stem of 'h' tends to lean slightly to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-h2.jpg) | Usage: Hec from the Latin inscription which precedes the first Prosa. A more upright stem. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-h3.jpg) | Usage: whiche 'ch' combination. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-h4.jpg) | Usage: heght crossed 'h' in 'ght' combination. The 'g' appears to lean backwards, the 'h' forwards. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-r.jpg) | Usage: markyd modern 'r' used in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-r2.jpg) | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' almost always follows 'o' and always has a curved otiose descender from the lower stroke which occasionally forms a complete circle. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-r3.jpg) | Usage: ȝer(es) plural abbreviation on final 'r'. | | |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-s.jpg) | Usage: poetys kidney-shaped 's' is always found in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-s2.jpg) | Usage: sorwfull sigma 's' used as the initial letter. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-s3.jpg) | Usage: stille long 's' used medially and in initial position. The stalk of the letter usually retains its thickness, tapering little at the end. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-s4.jpg) | Usage: floryssching |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-w.jpg) | Usage: draw(e)t(h) a very neatly formed example of the scribe's 'w'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-w2.jpg) | Usage: wetyn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-w3.jpg) | Usage: While upper case 'W' tipped with yellow paint. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-w4.jpg) | Usage: wt |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-y.jpg) | Usage: my the body of 'y' is formed consistently with slight variations in the length of tail. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-y2.jpg) | Usage: const(re)yned an unusual look to this extension on the tail of 'y'. It is actually attached to the macron over the word on the line below. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þe thorn used regularly on this folio mainly with a superscript letter as a method of abbreviation. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þt |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝowthe yogh used as representative of the 'y' sound. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: myȝt here yogh is used as representative of the 'gh' sound. |
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Abbreviative Marks |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-Wl2.jpg) | Usage: co(n)fortyn the macron is used frequently to replace missing 'n's and 'm's. It is usually curved as in this example. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: t(ur)nyth |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: const(re)yned the scribe has used a superscript 'e' here to represent the 're' abbreviation. Frequent use of superscript letters by this scribe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Bodley797-138-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: cloþ(e)s |