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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-a.jpg) | Usage: malencolie the majority of the scribe's lower case 'a's are single compartment and formed as here with hairline connector at the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-a2.jpg) | Usage: carist a single example on the sampled folios of straight-sided lower case 'a' with horizontal bar to divide into two compartments. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-a3.jpg) | Usage: And the scribe's favoured upper case version of 'A'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And occasionally the scribe uses this upper case 'A'. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-d.jpg) | Usage: dreede the initial 'd' in this word. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-d2.jpg) | Usage: greeuid whenever 'd' is in final position, it always has a tag attached as here. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-d3.jpg) | Usage: goddis | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-d4.jpg) | Usage: amendid |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-g.jpg) | Usage: graspist the majority of the scribe's 'g's are formed as in versions 1 and 2. The length of tail varies according to space available and position in word. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-g2.jpg) | Usage: greeuid The extra curved extension above the body of the letter on the right is frequently present. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-g3.jpg) | Usage: goddis however, there are a few occasions on the sampled folios where anglicana double compartment 'g' is also used. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-g4.jpg) | Usage: Greet |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-h.jpg) | Usage: holsum 'h' is usually formed with open head-stroke and foot at the lower end of the stem. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-h2.jpg) | Usage: lyght in 'gh' and'ght' combinations, 'h' is usually crossed. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-h3.jpg) | Usage: thow occasionally the tail-stroke turns in reverse. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-h4.jpg) | Usage: Haast upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-r.jpg) | Usage: richesse 'z'-shaped 'r' used in all positions almost all the time. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-r2.jpg) | Usage: dreede very occasionally the scribe uses long 'r'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-r3.jpg) | Usage: fer modern 'r' used occasionally, but see Wild Letter 2 for a further examination of the 'r' graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-r4.jpg) | Usage: array the 'z'-shaped 'r' sometimes has otiose strokes which descend vertically from the graph. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-s.jpg) | Usage: wittes with one exception on the two sampled folios, sigma 's' is always used both initially and also in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-s2.jpg) | Usage: sauour |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-s3.jpg) | Usage: graspist the first 's' in this word. Long 's' is used in medial positions. On one occasion it is used as the initial letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-s4.jpg) | Usage: So |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-w.jpg) | Usage: wittes the formation of 'w' is fairly consistent. It usually has a spikey appearance. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-w2.jpg) | Usage: sorwe |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-w3.jpg) | Usage: wexen sometimes the graph has a more rounded aspect with the middle arm forming a closed lobe at the top of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-w4.jpg) | Usage: Whiche upper case graph at the beginning of the first line of the folio. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-y.jpg) | Usage: yit | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-y2.jpg) | Usage: I 'y' used as first person singular pronoun. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-y3.jpg) | Usage: ys 'y' used instead of 'i'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-y4.jpg) | Usage: I graph at the beginning of a line with license to extend into the side margin. |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: Ful | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: Bireve an unusual 'B' graph with no top lobe, just a horned head-stroke with faint hairline connection back to the body of the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: Now | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Prolle |
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More of lower case r |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-WL2-1.jpg) | Usage: Ther I take this to be the scribe's version of the modern 'r' graph. The formation is exactly the same as for the 'z'-shaped 'r' and one could assume that the flourished addition represents a missing 'e'. However, there are a few other occasions where a similar graph appears in the middle of a word without such an exaggerated flourish but with an added curved stroke after the 'z' and this appears to be the scribe's version of 'r'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: grettir final letter in this word. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-5v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: repoort the penultimate letter of the word. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet10-3v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Or |