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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-a.jpg) | Usage: a a very degraded fly-leaf fragment. The scribe uses both single and double compartment 'a'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-a2.jpg) | Usage: charged |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-a3.jpg) | Usage: man double compartment 'a' stands above the level of surrounding graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And again the scribe employs both single and double compartment upper case 'A'. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-d.jpg) | Usage: delicat looped 'd' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-d2.jpg) | Usage: forbode |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-d3.jpg) | Usage: charged the bowl of 'd' may be squarish or rounded as in this example. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-d4.jpg) | Usage: |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-g.jpg) | Usage: god tailed 'g' which resembles the modern letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-g2.jpg) | Usage: thing the head of 'g' is closed with a very fine hairline stroke which is now difficult to distinguish. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-g3.jpg) | Usage: stronge the tail loops round and crosses itself to join to the following graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-g4.jpg) | Usage: charged |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-h.jpg) | Usage: hirteth tail-stroke may extend in a clockwise curve back beyond the line of the stem. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-h2.jpg) | Usage: fareth 'h' after 't' in final position is sometimes crossed. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-h3.jpg) | Usage: bothe sometimes the limb is more or less vertical. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-h4.jpg) | Usage: lecherye |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-r.jpg) | Usage: lecherye long 'r' is used in all positions and is the only type of 'r' in this fragment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-r2.jpg) | Usage: mesur(e) 'r' with flourish probably representative of 'e'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-r3.jpg) | Usage: firen 'e' attached to the top of the right fork of 'r'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-r4.jpg) | Usage: charged |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-s.jpg) | Usage: soule long 's' with thick stem. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-s2.jpg) | Usage: silence long 's' with split stem. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-s3.jpg) | Usage: ys sigma 's' used in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-s4.jpg) | Usage: stronge |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-w.jpg) | Usage: what cursive 'w' with tall middle loop. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-w2.jpg) | Usage: swete |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-w3.jpg) | Usage: Wt | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-w4.jpg) | Usage: What no difference between upper and lower case graphs. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-y.jpg) | Usage: ys 'y' is very difficult to distinguish from thorn. This could be the scribe's abbreviation for 'this' rather than 'ys'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-y2.jpg) | Usage: body 'y' with long straight tail-stroke. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-y3.jpg) | Usage: Wyne | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-y4.jpg) | Usage: lecherye |
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Thorn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þei very similar to the scribe's 'y' graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þt |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: þe the scribe frequently uses thorn with a superscript for an abbreviation. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Ȝif the single yogh in this fragment. |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Causeth | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Thei |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Lafe | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BL-Royal-8-A-XXI-1v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: And |