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A |
| Usage: abegge single compartment secretary 'a' with fine hair-line. | | Usage: a anglicana 'a' not used as frequently as the secretary form of version 1. |
| Usage: Adam a distinctive 'A' form. | | Usage: Adam a second form of upper case 'A'. |
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D |
| Usage: doon pointed lower lobe of looped 'd'. | | Usage: herd 'd' in final position with tag. |
| Usage: weddede the graphs are evenly formed. | | Usage: Denys upper case 'D' distinctive only really by its size. |
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G |
| Usage: god tailed 'g' with horns at the head and square lobe. | | Usage: kyng the curve of the tail of 'g' sits on the line as do the tails of 'h' and 'y'. In final position there is a short tag at the end of the horizontal extension. |
| Usage: Gamelyn | | Usage: abegge |
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H |
| Usage: halle the stem of 'h' nearly always has a small protuberance on the lower part of the stem. The limb is short and the tail-stroke almost always curves round in angular fashion to the right. | | Usage: here |
| Usage: How elaborate upper case 'H' with shadow line for the stem. | | Usage: He a less elaborate 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
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R |
| Usage: sire modern 'r' used throughout. | | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o'. |
| Usage: Ryght | | Usage: pardoner final 'r' with flourish followed by a small decorative otiose stroke which occurs at the end of every line on these two folios. |
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S |
| Usage: felawes kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final position. | | Usage: needis the scribe frequently adds otiose strokes and hair-line additions to many of his graphs. |
| Usage: Passeth long 's' usually rests on the line as can just be seen in this example. | | Usage: Sire as well as the more usual round upper case 'S' the scribe uses this much more elaborate one. |
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W |
| Usage: wente distinctive formation of this graph. | | Usage: wile |
| Usage: wall the scribe adds either one or two lobes to the right side of the letter. | | Usage: west space on the top line for an elongated and decorative top stroke. |
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Y |
| Usage: seyde the scribe uses two different ways of scribing the tail of 'y'. Here he cuts the tail off on or just below the line. | | Usage: my some 'y's have tails which curve round in the normal way. |
| Usage: Yonge upper case 'Y' at the beginning of a line with short tail. The horizontal of 'A' on the line below is what gives a right-angled appearance to the graph. | | Usage: yow however, occasionally the scribe does have a right-angled turn on the tail. |
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A |
| Usage: As besides the examples under 'a', the scribe has several other versions of upper case 'A'. | | Usage: And |
| Usage: And the first letter of the folio. | | Usage: And |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Now | | Usage: Leet |
| Usage: Marchaunt | | Usage: Passeth |
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ll, f, k,b |
| Usage: schall a feature which is noticeable on most of the scribes 'll's is the sharp head stroke on the letter. The scribe does not always use these sharper top strokes but they are often to be distinguished. | | Usage: clerk 'k' almost always has the sharpened head stroke. |
| Usage: faste | | Usage: brothir where there is an opportunity, as here on the top line, other letters such as this 'b' attract the same treatment. |