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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-a.jpg) | Usage: a an oval-shaped lobe to single compartment 'a'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-a2.jpg) | Usage: Axe the scribe occasionally uses an upper case 'A' for some words within the text. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-a3.jpg) | Usage: And | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-a4.jpg) | Usage: alios from the Latin gloss in the margin of f78v. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-d.jpg) | Usage: wolde unlooped 'd' used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-d2.jpg) | Usage: armed 'd' in final position with tag. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TccR3.15-37v-d3.jpg) | 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 |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-g.jpg) | Usage: fight characteristic tailed 'g' of this scribe with short, straight tail-stroke | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-g2.jpg) | Usage: legges a slight left-ward inclination on the descender |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-g3.jpg) | Usage: high the lobe of 'g' is often very small. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-g4.jpg) | Usage: maryage 'g' with more pronounced curve to the tail. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-h.jpg) | Usage: her the usual presentation of 'h'. It is a squat graph with head-loop and short limb. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-h2.jpg) | 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. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-h3.jpg) | Usage: sight in the scribe's crossed 'h', the horizontal line usually just grazes the top of the letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-h4.jpg) | Usage: holde 'h' on the top line with exaggerated ascender extending into the space. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-r.jpg) | Usage: euery modern 'r' used extensively. The stem descends at an angle. The shoulder is detached. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-r2.jpg) | Usage: brode 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and some consonants. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-r3.jpg) | Usage: harde the scribe rarely uses long 'r'. The fork, such as it is, is close to the top of the initial stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-r4.jpg) | Usage: Rome upper case 'R' with arched approach stroke beginning below the body of the letter. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-s.jpg) | Usage: p(ar)amouris kidney-shaped 's' used in final positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-s2.jpg) | Usage: Som upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-s3.jpg) | Usage: assembled long 's' used in initial and medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-s4.jpg) | Usage: sent long 's' used in initial position with head-stroke arching over following graphs.. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-w.jpg) | Usage: knowe this form of 'w' with looped head occurs occasionally. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-w2.jpg) | Usage: wolle the form of 'w' with or without an approach stroke which is the most frequently used form of the letter. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-w3.jpg) | Usage: welle | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-w4.jpg) | 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 |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-y.jpg) | Usage: mayst the tail of 'y' is usually straight. Here there is a slight flick to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-y2.jpg) | Usage: myght the tail frequently extends back under several letters at a forty-five degree angle. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-y3.jpg) | Usage: Ye an unusual upper case letter at the beginning of a line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-y4.jpg) | 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 |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: Thy the vertical line is the ruled margin line, not part of the distinctive circular 'T'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: Of a curly stroke through the centre of the graph as decoration. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: Nowe | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Custaunce |
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I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-37v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: I upper case 'I' is distinctive with the appearance of a modern number 7. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Is |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCCR3.15-78v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Imprudent | | |