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A |
| Usage: a an oval-shaped lobe to single compartment 'a'. | | Usage: Axe the scribe occasionally uses an upper case 'A' for some words within the text. |
| Usage: And | | Usage: alios from the Latin gloss in the margin of f78v. |
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D |
| Usage: wolde unlooped 'd' used throughout. | | Usage: armed 'd' in final position with tag. |
| Usage: and the two strokes which go to make up the scribe's 'd' may be seen clearly in this example. | | |
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G |
| Usage: fight characteristic tailed 'g' of this scribe with short, straight tail-stroke | | Usage: legges a slight left-ward inclination on the descender |
| Usage: high the lobe of 'g' is often very small. | | Usage: maryage 'g' with more pronounced curve to the tail. |
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H |
| Usage: her the usual presentation of 'h'. It is a squat graph with head-loop and short limb. | | Usage: Howe 'H' as the first letter of the last line of text and the scribe continues the tail-stroke of the letter into the ruled parallel lines of the left margin. |
| Usage: sight in the scribe's crossed 'h', the horizontal line usually just grazes the top of the letter. | | Usage: holde 'h' on the top line with exaggerated ascender extending into the space. |
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R |
| Usage: euery modern 'r' used extensively. The stem descends at an angle. The shoulder is detached. | | Usage: brode 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and some consonants. |
| Usage: harde the scribe rarely uses long 'r'. The fork, such as it is, is close to the top of the initial stroke. | | Usage: Rome upper case 'R' with arched approach stroke beginning below the body of the letter. |
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S |
| Usage: p(ar)amouris kidney-shaped 's' used in final positions. | | Usage: Som upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
| Usage: assembled long 's' used in initial and medial positions. | | Usage: sent long 's' used in initial position with head-stroke arching over following graphs.. |
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W |
| Usage: knowe this form of 'w' with looped head occurs occasionally. | | Usage: wolle the form of 'w' with or without an approach stroke which is the most frequently used form of the letter. |
| Usage: welle | | Usage: was a 'w' on the top line with strapwork decoration, a feature of some letters on the top lines of folios in this manuscript. |
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Y |
| Usage: mayst the tail of 'y' is usually straight. Here there is a slight flick to the right. | | Usage: myght the tail frequently extends back under several letters at a forty-five degree angle. |
| Usage: Ye an unusual upper case letter at the beginning of a line. | | Usage: you the same arched lead-in stroke as in the example of the upper case 'Y' though not so pronounced. |
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Upper Case Oddities |
| Usage: Thy the vertical line is the ruled margin line, not part of the distinctive circular 'T'. | | Usage: Of a curly stroke through the centre of the graph as decoration. |
| Usage: Nowe | | Usage: Custaunce |
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I |
| Usage: I upper case 'I' is distinctive with the appearance of a modern number 7. | | Usage: Is |
| Usage: Imprudent | | |