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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-a.jpg) | Usage: as single compartment lower case 'a' has either a square lobe or an oval one as in version 2. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-a2.jpg) | Usage: wat(er) |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-a3.jpg) | Usage: Capitulu(m) | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-a4.jpg) | Usage: And all upper case 'A's are as here. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-d.jpg) | Usage: dwell 'd's are mainly unlooped as in this version. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-d2.jpg) | Usage: old an occasional looped 'd' is used. Here it occurs in final position with trailing tag. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-d3.jpg) | Usage: dede | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-d4.jpg) | Usage: De |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-g.jpg) | Usage: goshauk 'g' is tailed with horizontal slash leaving the lobe at the head. The tail is short and contained following a clockwise curve. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-g2.jpg) | Usage: bredyng when 'g' is in final position, the horizontal slash ends in an upward curl. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-g3.jpg) | Usage: sprugyng (mispelt, perhaps because the word is carried over to the next line) | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-g4.jpg) | Usage: passage the head-stroke here has a horned look. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-h.jpg) | Usage: herte a deeply curved head-loop almost lying on the top of the shoulder. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-h2.jpg) | Usage: rynnyth the limb descends vertically. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-h3.jpg) | Usage: eu(er)ych | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-h4.jpg) | Usage: Her there is no difference between upper and lower case graph. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-r.jpg) | Usage: resteþ 'z'-shaped 'r' is used in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-r2.jpg) | Usage: hir(e) however, long 'r' is also used frequently but only in final position. Used here with flourish to represent a final 'e'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-r3.jpg) | Usage: for | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-r4.jpg) | Usage: fre 'z'-shaped 'r' after 'f'. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-s.jpg) | Usage: see long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-s2.jpg) | Usage: birdes kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-s3.jpg) | Usage: passage | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-s4.jpg) | Usage: streyte long 's' frequently has a 'wing' to the left of the shaft. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-w.jpg) | Usage: way in initial position, 'w' has a long curving approach stroke to the left limb which is not always linked to the rest of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-w2.jpg) | Usage: swyft 'B'-shaped element to the right. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-w3.jpg) | Usage: wt | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-w4.jpg) | Usage: own |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-y.jpg) | Usage: enmyes 'y' and thorn are virtually identical in this scribe's hand. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-y2.jpg) | Usage: beryth the tail of 'y' may be a fine stroke as in version 1 or it may be thicker and slightly turned counter-clockwise as in this example. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-y3.jpg) | Usage: fyrst the left limb is sometimes virtually detached from the rest of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-y4.jpg) | Usage: gydes |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þe it is easy to confuse 'y' and thorn. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: aryseþ thorn is used frequently for all purposes. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: hiȝt yogh is found occasionally as equivalent of 'gh' and of 'y'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝif |
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'l' and 'k' |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-WL2.jpg) | Usage: schal 'l' in final position, whether single or double is always crossed on the folio examined. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: byll |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: broke an unusual looking 'k'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add45680-48r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: stykkeþ |