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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-a.jpg) | Usage: amor the scribe uses double compartment 'a' throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-a2.jpg) | Usage: patria |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-a3.jpg) | Usage: Attendi all upper case 'A's on the folios examined are formed as in this example. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-a4.jpg) | Usage: Aduentum the square lobe, the fine approach stroke to the head of the diagonal stroke and the foot to the right are consistent in each example. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-d.jpg) | Usage: dolores 'd' may be looped as in this example. The lower compartment is extremely angular, the loop neatly contained above. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-d2.jpg) | Usage: ordo the scribe also uses this 'd' with reverse formation of the loop which is often not closed. |
| Usage: describit | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-d4.jpg) | Usage: Dulcior upper case 'D'. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-g.jpg) | Usage: genas 'g' also has two very angular compartments. The upper compartment appears diamond-shaped, the lower compartment is triangular. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-g2.jpg) | Usage: Ignorans |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-g3.jpg) | Usage: contingebant a longer upper compartment in this example. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-g4.jpg) | Usage: gradus |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-h.jpg) | Usage: has 'h' has an angular stroke at the head which is left open. There is an angled foot to the stem. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-h2.jpg) | Usage: hic the limb does not extend beneath the graph and the tail-stroke may follow either a clockwise path or it may turn counter-clockwise as here. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-h3.jpg) | Usage: honores the scribe's textura hand used for the incipits and explicits does not vary very much from his normal script. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-h4.jpg) | Usage: Hand |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-r.jpg) | Usage: rerum the stem of 'r' is basically two diamond shapes set one below the other. The shoulder is a third stroke of similar formation. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-r2.jpg) | Usage: tempore 'z'-shaped 'r' has the two strokes joined by hairlines with otiose stroke descending in a straight line from the lower left of the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-r3.jpg) | Usage: virtutes an 'r' from the scribe's display script which has a straight stem with angled foot rather than the double diamond formation. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-r4.jpg) | Usage: terra |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-s.jpg) | Usage: statuit long 's' with angled head is used in initial position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-s2.jpg) | Usage: remotus an angular '8'-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-s3.jpg) | Usage: suas | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-s4.jpg) | Usage: Sic upper case serpentine 'S' with horizontal head-stroke and horizontal base. |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: Quid many of the scribe's upper case graphs have a diamond shape within the graph itself. There is usually either a vertical or horizontal line which bisects the diamond tying in either top and bottom of the graph or the two sides. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: Nec |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: Talia | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Prouocat |
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More Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Ignorans | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-21v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Classem |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Leges | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/OxAllSouls98-118r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Vt |