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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-a.jpg) | Usage: gouernaunce single compartment lower case 'a' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-a2.jpg) | Usage: and |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-a3.jpg) | Usage: And the simpler form of upper case 'A'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And this much more complicated version of upper case 'A' is used frequently by the scribe. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-d.jpg) | Usage: dedde looped 'd' is used throughout and is amazingly consistent. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-d2.jpg) | Usage: good 'd' in final position has a brief upward extension of the loop stroke. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-d3.jpg) | Usage: myddle | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-d4.jpg) | Usage: Do upper case 'D'. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-g.jpg) | Usage: good tailed 'g' is used throughout with horned head and counter-clockwise turn of the tail. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-g2.jpg) | Usage: Preyng 'g' in final position with curl on the extended horizontal stroke. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-g3.jpg) | Usage: greued a tail which turns clockwise and extends in a horizontal line beneath preceding graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-g4.jpg) | Usage: Gabinos |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-h.jpg) | Usage: he looped head grazing the shoulder, and a short limb with tiny tail-stroke curling clockwise. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-h2.jpg) | Usage: wich a crossed 'h' after 'c'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-h3.jpg) | Usage: homi(n)es a more elaborate 'h' perhaps because it is from the Latin gloss. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-h4.jpg) | Usage: He a different form of upper case 'H'. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-r.jpg) | Usage: rede modern 'r' is used occasionally in initial and final positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-r2.jpg) | Usage: rede 'z'-shaped 'r' is used almost all the time and in every position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-r3.jpg) | Usage: super | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-r4.jpg) | Usage: Rome upper case 'R' with looped approach stroke to the long curving stem of the graph. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-s.jpg) | Usage: sones long 's' is used in initial position. The stem is generally short and fat with a head-stroke which forms a triangle and a small point at the base of the stem. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-s2.jpg) | Usage: maners kidney 's' is used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-s3.jpg) | Usage: lasse | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-s4.jpg) | Usage: So upper case 'S'. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-w.jpg) | Usage: was the left limb of 'w' is much taller than the rest of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-w2.jpg) | Usage: werre |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-w3.jpg) | Usage: fewe even within a word, the left limb extends above the top of surrounding graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-w4.jpg) | Usage: With the upper case graph is the same as the lower case one. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-y.jpg) | Usage: hym the body of 'y' varies little. The tail varies in length and curvature. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-y2.jpg) | Usage: may |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-y3.jpg) | Usage: tirannye 'y' may be dotted. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-y4.jpg) | Usage: ofte tyme in the lower margin the tail of 'y' is extended, elaborately looped and decorated with two pairs of short parallel lines. |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: The | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: Ben |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-191v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: Liche | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3490-8r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Preyng |