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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-a.jpg) | Usage: an a typical Hoccleve flat-topped 'a'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-a2.jpg) | Usage: fadir a less angular version of 'a'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-a3.jpg) | Usage: And Hoccleve's defining upper case 'A' which may be used in conjunction with other features as a classic Hoccleve letter form. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-a4.jpg) | Usage: Al |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-d.jpg) | Usage: deeth 'd's usually have a neat, quite upright upper loop and an oval lower lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-d2.jpg) | Usage: dyuyse in this example the lower lobe is more pointed. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-d3.jpg) | Usage: hadde | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-d4.jpg) | Usage: Regned |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-g.jpg) | Usage: greet Hoccleve has several forms of 'g' but again, this example is what Mooney describes as his 'coathanger 'g''. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-g2.jpg) | Usage: good the horizontal cross-stroke is not in evidence in this example. The tail of 'g' turns counter-clockwise. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-g3.jpg) | Usage: wight | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-g4.jpg) | Usage: ryng |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-h.jpg) | Usage: which Hoccleve's 'h's are frequently tilted. The limb is often short with no curving continuation. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-h2.jpg) | Usage: ooth occasionally, as here at the end of a line, the tail-stroke is flicked into reverse. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-h3.jpg) | Usage: oghte 'h' after 'g' is frequently crossed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-h4.jpg) | Usage: His upper case 'h' which is merely an enlarged version of the lower case graph. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-r.jpg) | Usage: ryng on this folio, modern 'r' is used always in initial position and sometimes in medial position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-r2.jpg) | Usage: fadir on this folio, long 'r' is used in medial and final positions. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-r3.jpg) | Usage: brooch 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after vowels and round-bodied graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-r4.jpg) | Usage: Rome a long, curved lead-in stroke curving upwards from beneath the body of the graph. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-s.jpg) | 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. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-s2.jpg) | Usage: sones (final 's') kidney-shaped 's' with horned extension is used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-s3.jpg) | Usage: shoop the shaft of long 's' is frequently a split stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-s4.jpg) | 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 |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-w.jpg) | Usage: wys although Hoccleve has other 'w' graphs, this type is used exclusively on the folio sampled. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-w2.jpg) | Usage: thow |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-w3.jpg) | Usage: byqwethe | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-w4.jpg) | Usage: With |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-y.jpg) | 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. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-y2.jpg) | Usage: they |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-y3.jpg) | Usage: byynge | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-y4.jpg) | Usage: ryng |
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Thorn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þt thorn is only used on this folio for the 'that' abbreviation. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þt superscript 't' is usually set above the thorn and to the right. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: þt | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: þt |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Vnmeeble many of Hoccleve's upper case graphs are flamboyant in style. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Iewelles |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: My | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Thee |
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Serendipity |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL3.jpg) | Usage: feere an example which shows horned 'e' but also a circular 'e' graph to finish. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL3-2.jpg) | Usage: whiche 'e' in final position frequently sports a tag or tongue. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL3-3.jpg) | Usage: purchacynge 'p' in initial position has a hooked angled leading stroke at the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL3-4.jpg) | Usage: shoop 'p' in final position has a leading stroke which is not quite so angled. |
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Punctuation |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL4.jpg) | Usage: may but Hoccleve uses a variety of punctuation marks to separate out phrases as here with a simple virgule. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL4-2.jpg) | Usage: lefte al a punctus elevatus is used in this example. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL4-3.jpg) | Usage: bed he another form of separator. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CosinV-iii-9-79v-WL4-4.jpg) | Usage: the iii(de) sone punctus marks used before and after the number and the 'de' abbreviation. |