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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-a.jpg) | Usage: schape we are uncertain as to whether there is a single scribe in this manuscript, or two. The change occurs around f49 and the second hand is very similar in most ways so maybe, perhaps, just copied at a different time and definitely with a different nib. This 'a' graph is from f17v of the manuscript. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-a2.jpg) | Usage: fader an 'a' with flattened head-stroke from the later part of the manuscript. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-a3.jpg) | Usage: And an upper case 'A' from f17v. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-a4.jpg) | Usage: And upper case 'A' as seen on f102r. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-d.jpg) | Usage: despuiled the 'd's on both folios are not dissimilar in formation. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-d2.jpg) | Usage: vsed from f102r, 'd' in final position at the end of a line and tagged. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-d3.jpg) | Usage: dicit(ur) an unlooped 'd' from the rubric on f102r. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-d4.jpg) | Usage: Do the only upper case 'D' on the sampled folios occurs on f17v. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-g.jpg) | Usage: god the 'g' graph does differ. This example from f17v has a hairline connector from the end of the tail back to the body of the graph which sits on the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-g2.jpg) | Usage: largesse this example from f102r has a much larger lower lobe and is a different shape. The tail stroke often goes below the line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-g3.jpg) | Usage: Gresse as will be seen in these two examples of upper case 'G', the scribe does vary his graphs on the same folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-g4.jpg) | Usage: God |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-h.jpg) | Usage: haste 'h' on f17v has a more pointed head-stroke and the limb and tail-stroke curves round and is contained beneath the body of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-h2.jpg) | Usage: hast on f102r, the limb is straight on every occasion. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-h3.jpg) | Usage: mightes from the early folio with tail-stroke turning counter-clockwise. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-h4.jpg) | Usage: His upper case 'H' from f17v. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-r.jpg) | Usage: regnen modern 'r' is used throughout on both folios and for all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-r2.jpg) | Usage: acorde 'z'-shaped 'r' does appear different on each folio. On f17v, the example seen here, 'r' has a horizontal stroke at the base. It is only used after 'o'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-r3.jpg) | Usage: priue on f102r, 'z'-shaped 'r' is slightly different with the lower stroke set at an angle. It is used after 'o' but also after some round-bodied graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-r4.jpg) | Usage: euer an 'r' in final position with a rarely used tag to finish. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-s.jpg) | Usage: so long 's' used initially and medially on both folios. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-s2.jpg) | Usage: wawes a final kidney-shaped 's' from f17v. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-s3.jpg) | Usage: places a sharper example of final 's' from f102r. The shape is basically the same and perhaps the difference may be explained by a different nib. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-s4.jpg) | Usage: So |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-w.jpg) | Usage: wote this is the only form of 'w' which is used on f17v. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-w2.jpg) | Usage: wel on f102r, this looped 'w' is used alongside the version to be seen in 3. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-w3.jpg) | Usage: wedded also used on f102r. This 'w' is not quite the same as the version on f17v which ends in a 'B'-shaped element rather than as here a single loop. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-w4.jpg) | Usage: Which upper case 'W' from f17v. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-y.jpg) | Usage: yif almost all 'y's on f17v have a tail which turns counter-clockwise. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-y2.jpg) | Usage: hym almost all 'y's on f102r have a tail-stroke which is straight. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-y3.jpg) | Usage: seye occasionally 'y' is dotted . | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-y4.jpg) | Usage: wyues the single 'y' on f102r with curled tail. |
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Thorn and yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þe thorn is not used at all on f17v. However, there are only two examples on f102r so the scribe does not use thorn a great deal. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: soþ |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝaf yogh is not used on f17v. It is used several times on f102r equivalent to 'y' and also the gutteral. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: aȝein |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Thus upper case 'T' from f17v. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Thou upper case 'T' from f102r. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Be upper case 'B' from f17v. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Be an almost identical upper case 'B' from f102r. |
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Serendipity |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-17v-WL3.jpg) | Usage: ffro man catchword on f17v with distinctive looped bracket end and dotting. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL3-2.jpg) | Usage: ffor first word of f102r. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL3-3.jpg) | Usage: be knowe the top line of f102r with decorated ascenders. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe950-102r-WL3-4.jpg) | Usage: lothe a second type of decoration of an ascender on the top line of f102r. |