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| Current Manuscript: | England, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, Devonshire MSS, Canterbury Tales fragment |
| Folios: | 01-Feb |
| Sampled Folios: | 1r, 2r, 2v |
| Example Page: | Display a full page showing this scribe's hand |
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| A | |||
 | Usage: specialy anglicana 'a' is used on these folios. |  | Usage: gaudent |
 | Usage: A |  | Usage: Alla |
| D | |||
 | Usage: day looped 'd' is the usual graph with angular lower lobe. |  | Usage: diem a flat head to the loop on this 'd'. |
 | Usage: And almost every final d is tagged |  | Usage: Doth upper case 'D' with very angular 'Z' or '2' in front of the graph and double vertical strokes within the graph. |
| G | |||
 | Usage: goddis double compartment 'g' is used throughout. Each compartment is angular in shape. |  | Usage: kyng 'g' in final position with long descending tag from the extended horizontal slash. |
 | Usage: gaudent |  | Usage: myghtie |
| H | |||
 | Usage: heried 'h' with looped head and short thick limb. The tail-stroke descends at a forty-five degree angle from the limb and does not turn counter-clockwise. |  | Usage: chirch final crossed 'h' after 'c'. |
 | Usage: reuthles |  | Usage: Habundantly an upper case 'H' defined by the strokes added to the left of the stem. |
| R | |||
 | Usage: reuthles the scribe uses a selection of 'r' graphs. Long 'r', used here in initial position does not descend below the line. |  | Usage: Þer modern 'r' in final position and tagged. |
 | Usage: forth 'z'-shaped 'r' is also used in final position |  | Usage: Rue a very long approach stroke to this upper case graph. |
| S | |||
 | Usage: so sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. |  | Usage: hys |
 | Usage: sterre long 's' is also used in initial position as well as medially. |  | Usage: So |
| W | |||
 | Usage: whan 'w' has a looped head and the 'B'-shaped element to the right. |  | Usage: bakward |
 | Usage: ȝow |  | Usage: Where 'W' in position at the beginning of a line and tipped with yellow. |
| Y | |||
 | Usage: by 'y' is mainly dotted. The tail is usually contained and often sits on the line. |  | Usage: fynde |
 | Usage: Habundantly |  | Usage: pleynly |
| Thorn and Yogh | |||
 | Usage: þine both thorn and yogh are used. Thorn has a very short stem. |  | Usage: þoght |
 | Usage: ȝitte yogh has an angled approach stroke to the head and a long tail which ends below the line. |  | Usage: ȝo(ur) |
| Upper Case Letters | |||
 | Usage: To the scribe seems to like parallel lines and double dots on his upper case letters. |  | Usage: I |
 | Usage: Of |  | Usage: Made |