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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-a.jpg) | Usage: and the scribe forms 'a' in several ways. Here the head is rounded and upper compartment is small. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-a2.jpg) | Usage: a here the head stroke is angled before continuing down. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-a3.jpg) | Usage: lady this graph is squarer with bisecting horizontal line between upper and lower portions of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-a4.jpg) | Usage: And for upper case 'A' the upper loop is larger than the lower one. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-d.jpg) | Usage: duryng the lower compartment is oval and smaller than the looped top. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-d2.jpg) | Usage: meadiatrice |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-d3.jpg) | Usage: and 'd' in final position is frequently tagged with curving stroke descending below the level of the body of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-d4.jpg) | Usage: dyde the upper loops are flung backwards in this example. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-g.jpg) | Usage: guyde' 'g' has upper compartment smaller than the longer oval lower compartment. The sharp point at the head is not always apparent. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-g2.jpg) | Usage: duryng again 'g' in final position often has a long descending tag attached to the horizontal extension which extends out from near the top of the upper compartment. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-g3.jpg) | Usage: gloryous the graph has a hunched appearancewith horizontal extension leading through to the looped head of the following graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-g4.jpg) | Usage: Ploughmannys the same situation occurs here where 'g' is followed by 'h' with looped head-stroke. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-h.jpg) | Usage: holsom a looped head-stroke, and tail-stroke curving round clockwise before looping back to join the following graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-h2.jpg) | Usage: she the horizontal stroke from the head of sigma 's' follows through to form the looped head-stroke of 'h'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-h3.jpg) | Usage: seyth 'h' in combination with 't' and 'g' is frequently crossed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-h4.jpg) | Usage: Here upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-r.jpg) | Usage: redemptour (first r) long 'r' is used throughout except after 'o'. Here the 'e' is attached to the end of the right fork. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-r2.jpg) | Usage: owr the fork of the letter does not systematically fall in the same place. Here the shoulder curves upwards perhaps to represent a missing 'e'? |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-r3.jpg) | Usage: or 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o'. The curious extension from the lower left of the graph is thickly drawn and occurs on all examples of this graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-r4.jpg) | Usage: conquere |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-s.jpg) | Usage: syde the head of sigma 's' curves up and round to connect with the following graph. Sigma 's' used in initial and final positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-s2.jpg) | Usage: blessyd a rather splayed pair of long 's's. Long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-s3.jpg) | Usage: ys sigma 's' in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-s4.jpg) | Usage: Staff upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-w.jpg) | Usage: whos the scribe's 'w' graph is consistently formed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-w2.jpg) | Usage: worthy the middle loop always stands above the elements to left and right. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-w3.jpg) | Usage: Now | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-w4.jpg) | Usage: worchype |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-y.jpg) | Usage: pryde the tail of 'y' is usually long and gracefully curved. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-y2.jpg) | Usage: mercy |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-y3.jpg) | Usage: begynnyth compared with surrounding graphs, the tail of 'y' is long and this may affect the spacing between lines. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-y4.jpg) | Usage: bysyly the tail of 'y' frequently becomes entangled in the top of graphs on the following line as the scribe attempts to copy the right number of lines per folio. |
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f |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: of every final 'f' has a long trailing stroke attached. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: of the long descending stroke from 'f' also influences the appearance of the script. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: lyf | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Staff |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Ploughmannys 'P' always has a diagonal stroke which cuts diagonally through the lobe of the graph beginning from the top of the stem. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: That 'T' is squat with vertical bisecting line whoch loops up and round to form the head stroke. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: In a deeply incised head for upper case 'I'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Now |
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b, l, h, k |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL3.jpg) | Usage: be the graphs shown here have wide looped heads. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL3-2.jpg) | Usage: lyf |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL3-3.jpg) | Usage: honure | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/ChristChurch152-229r-WL3-4.jpg) | Usage: kynde |