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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-a.jpg) | Usage: talys straight-sided 'a' divided by a cross-stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-a2.jpg) | Usage: And the scribe has a variety of upper case 'A's. This version is quite unusual with square lobe and forked head. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-a3.jpg) | Usage: And | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-d.jpg) | Usage: lokid 'd' is mainly the looped version though there are variations. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-d2.jpg) | Usage: leyd tagged 'd' in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-d3.jpg) | Usage: degree although not in an upper case position, this may be the scribe's version of upper case 'D'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-160-d4.jpg) | Usage: doith occasional use of the secretary form of 'd'. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-189v-g.jpg) | Usage: begyn anglicana 'g' with lower lobe larger than the upper one. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-189v-g2.jpg) | Usage: grete tailed secretary 'g' with horned head. The tail loops round and provides the cross-stroke at the head of the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-g3.jpg) | Usage: grene reverse flick of the tail-stroke in this example. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-179v-g4.jpg) | Usage: God a vertical line bisects this upper case 'G'. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-160-h.jpg) | Usage: hir arched head to this graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-160-h2.jpg) | Usage: here sometimes the scribe flicks back the tail-stroke to join to the next letter. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-189v-h3.jpg) | Usage: His 'H' at the beginning of a line and probably the scribe's upper case letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-h4.jpg) | Usage: Here the opening word of the explicit to the Summoner's Tale. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-179v-r.jpg) | Usage: berith long 'r' is used mainly in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-179v-r2.jpg) | Usage: watir modern 'r' with separate shoulder-stroke is also used. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-r3.jpg) | Usage: vertuouse 'z'-shaped 'r' is also used, mainly after 'o' and 'e'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-r4.jpg) | Usage: Raby |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-s.jpg) | Usage: teris sigma 's' used most frequently in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-s2.jpg) | Usage: lustis kidney-shaped 's' is also used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-s3.jpg) | Usage: syn sigma 's' is also used as well as long 's' in initial position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-179v-s4.jpg) | Usage: Stoon this word is not at the beginning of a line and one would expect a lower case letter. However the scribe occasionally introduces an upper case letter for a word in what seems to be an arbitrary fashion. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-w.jpg) | Usage: wild the scribe has several forms of 'w'. In this example there is a long approach stroke to the left limb and a single looped element to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-w2.jpg) | Usage: town the left limb of this graph is entirely separate from the rest of the graph. There is now a 'B'-shaped element to the right and the left limb is extended above the level of the preceding graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-w3.jpg) | Usage: felawe a greatly extended left limb with loop at the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-160-w4.jpg) | Usage: yee woot very exaggerated left limb because of the position of the word on the top line. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-71-y.jpg) | Usage: yff | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-179v-y2.jpg) | Usage: hym |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-237v-y3.jpg) | Usage: Yee the scribe's 'y's vary little whether upper or lower case. | | |
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e |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-WL1.jpg) | Usage: broþ(er)e the scribe often leaves evidence of the beginning of the second stroke for 'e' as a horned protuberance above the letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-179v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: man(er)e |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: time | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-235-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: nedis on some folios the scribe uses mainly round 'e'. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-179v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: þat thorn has a drooping lead-in stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-160-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: þen |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-189v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝit the tail of yogh is long and gently curved. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-71-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: siȝte |
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v |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-189v-WL3.jpg) | Usage: nevir the formation of the lead-in stroke of 'v' varies considerably as seen in these four examples. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-189v-WL3-2.jpg) | Usage: have |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-160-WL3-3.jpg) | Usage: every flamboyant presentation on the top line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Alnwick455-180-WL3-4.jpg) | Usage: vertu |