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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-a.jpg) | Usage: abylte straight-sided 'a' with cross-bar is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-a2.jpg) | Usage: astirlabye |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-a3.jpg) | Usage: haue there is a hairline stroke at an angle to close the head of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-a4.jpg) | Usage: as |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-d.jpg) | Usage: do unlooped 'd' is used, with oval bowl and a short, oblique stroke across the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-d2.jpg) | Usage: and |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-d3.jpg) | Usage: condescendyt | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-d4.jpg) | Usage: vnd(er)stand the scribe's abbreviations are all neatly executed. Here the comma-like mark with tail stands for the 'er' abbreviation. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-g.jpg) | Usage: mygth 'g' is tailed and is often open at the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-g2.jpg) | Usage: towching 'g' in final position with a mark similar to the 'er' abbreviation, here probably representative of a missing 'e'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-g3.jpg) | Usage: rygthful | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-g4.jpg) | Usage: begynneth 'g' in the incipit. The scribe's script for the incipit is the same as his normal hand. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-h.jpg) | Usage: haue the stem of 'h' sometimes has a kink as well as a defined foot. The limb descends from the shoulder also with a kink in the stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-h2.jpg) | Usage: him sometimes the head of the stem is split. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-h3.jpg) | Usage: wrappith | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-h4.jpg) | Usage: philosophir the limb has a kink and ends with a fine extension at right angles to the descender. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-r.jpg) | Usage: rygthful modern 'r' is used in all positions excep after 'o'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-r2.jpg) | Usage: preyer in final position the same flourish mark above the 'r' may represent a missing 'e'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-r3.jpg) | Usage: p(ro)porcons 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'o'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-r4.jpg) | Usage: oure |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-s.jpg) | Usage: same straight 's' with separate stroke for the angled head and slight serif to the left of the stem. Used in initial and medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-s2.jpg) | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-s3.jpg) | Usage: (con)clusions | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-s4.jpg) | Usage: lewes final 's' which could almost be '8'-shaped at times. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-w.jpg) | Usage: wel 'w' varies little. Both arms are almost straight with slight curve to the left. There is a 'B'-shaped element to the right, also neatly executed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-w2.jpg) | Usage: whyche |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-w3.jpg) | Usage: wrappith | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-w4.jpg) | Usage: towching |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-y.jpg) | Usage: thyne 'y' is frequently dotted. The tail is often almost non-existent. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-y2.jpg) | Usage: p(ra)yere |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-y3.jpg) | Usage: astirlabye | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-y4.jpg) | Usage: tretyyce |
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Thorn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þe thorn only appears to be used in the very short pronoun or article situations. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þat |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: þt(supserscript) the head of thorn is frequently left open. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HarvardHoughton920-3r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: þi the stem of thorn is thick and does not taper. |