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A |
| Usage: an a typical Hoccleve flat-topped 'a'. | | Usage: fadir a less angular version of 'a'. |
| Usage: And Hoccleve's defining upper case 'A' which may be used in conjunction with other features as a classic Hoccleve letter form. | | Usage: Al |
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D |
| Usage: deeth 'd's usually have a neat, quite upright upper loop and an oval lower lobe. | | Usage: dyuyse in this example the lower lobe is more pointed. |
| Usage: hadde | | Usage: Regned |
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G |
| Usage: greet Hoccleve has several forms of 'g' but again, this example is what Mooney describes as his 'coathanger 'g''. | | Usage: good the horizontal cross-stroke is not in evidence in this example. The tail of 'g' turns counter-clockwise. |
| Usage: wight | | Usage: ryng |
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H |
| Usage: which Hoccleve's 'h's are frequently tilted. The limb is often short with no curving continuation. | | Usage: ooth occasionally, as here at the end of a line, the tail-stroke is flicked into reverse. |
| Usage: oghte 'h' after 'g' is frequently crossed. | | Usage: His upper case 'h' which is merely an enlarged version of the lower case graph. |
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R |
| Usage: ryng on this folio, modern 'r' is used always in initial position and sometimes in medial position. | | Usage: fadir on this folio, long 'r' is used in medial and final positions. |
| Usage: brooch 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after vowels and round-bodied graphs. | | Usage: Rome a long, curved lead-in stroke curving upwards from beneath the body of the graph. |
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S |
| Usage: so Hoccleve has several versions of long 's'. Here a typical slanted stem, thickly scribed with squarish head-stroke and extension down to the following vowel. | | Usage: sones (final 's') kidney-shaped 's' with horned extension is used in final position. |
| Usage: shoop the shaft of long 's' is frequently a split stroke. | | Usage: seide a feature of Hoccleve's work is the occasional long 's' with head extending over several of the following graphs, or even as here, over the entire word. |
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W |
| Usage: wys although Hoccleve has other 'w' graphs, this type is used exclusively on the folio sampled. | | Usage: thow |
| Usage: byqwethe | | Usage: With |
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Y |
| Usage: y again, the long tail of 'y' which curls back up to end above the graph, sometimes with added dot or hook to finish, is a classic Hoccleve usage. | | Usage: they |
| Usage: byynge | | Usage: ryng |
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Thorn |
| Usage: þt thorn is only used on this folio for the 'that' abbreviation. | | Usage: þt superscript 't' is usually set above the thorn and to the right. |
| Usage: þt | | Usage: þt |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Vnmeeble many of Hoccleve's upper case graphs are flamboyant in style. | | Usage: Iewelles |
| Usage: My | | Usage: Thee |
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Serendipity |
| Usage: feere an example which shows horned 'e' but also a circular 'e' graph to finish. | | Usage: whiche 'e' in final position frequently sports a tag or tongue. |
| Usage: purchacynge 'p' in initial position has a hooked angled leading stroke at the head. | | Usage: shoop 'p' in final position has a leading stroke which is not quite so angled. |
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Punctuation |
| Usage: may but Hoccleve uses a variety of punctuation marks to separate out phrases as here with a simple virgule. | | Usage: lefte al a punctus elevatus is used in this example. |
| Usage: bed he another form of separator. | | Usage: the iii(de) sone punctus marks used before and after the number and the 'de' abbreviation. |