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A |
| Usage: that 'a' is a double compartment letter but all the scribe's graphs are sloppily formed so that it sometimes difficult to tell one from another. | | Usage: Stomak although in the middle of a word the graph is larger than the letters around it. |
| Usage: maist(er) although here 'a' stands way above surrounding graphs, the scribe is not consistent in doing this and sometimes, 'a' is the same size as other graphs. | | Usage: And upper case 'A' tipped with red ink. |
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D |
| Usage: dele most of the scribe's 'd's have a long loop backwards. | | Usage: bedde |
| Usage: hed 'd' in final position with trailing tag. | | Usage: De upper case 'D' with vertical bisecting bar and a '2'-shaped element preceding the body of the graph. |
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G |
| Usage: gyff the scribe's 'g's all have a tail which loops round counter-clockwise. | | Usage: rynnyng 'g' in final position with tag. |
| Usage: vpryghte the 'ght' combination. | | Usage: Galien upper case 'G' with vertical bisect. |
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H |
| Usage: hit 'h' is a graph which is formed fairly consistently. The limb may be straight as here or the tail may loop round to join to following graphs as in versions 2 and 3. | | Usage: hed |
| Usage: nose thrylles the cross-bar from 't' links through to provide the starting point for 'h'. | | Usage: he a longer than usual tail because the word is on the bottom line. |
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R |
| Usage: reyne long 'r' is used in all positions except after 'o', 'e' and 'a'. | | Usage: parte the fork of 'r' varies according to the following graph. In version 1 the fork is just below the level of the following 'e' whereas the fork in this example is at the lowest point of the descending stroke. |
| Usage: forhed 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o', 'e' and 'a'. | | Usage: Rosis upper case 'R' with looped head traced at a distance from the body of the graph. |
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S |
| Usage: side long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. | | Usage: is sigma 's' is always used in final position. |
| Usage: sais both versions of 's' are used in this example. | | Usage: Stomak a strange variety of upper case 'S'. |
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W |
| Usage: knowe the scribe has several versions of 'w'. This one is clearly 'w', others are not so obvious. | | Usage: draw a crouched 'w' graph. |
| Usage: swaloe difficult to disentangle this 'w' which appears wedged between initial long 's' and following 'a'. | | Usage: wt the scribe is fond of using abbreviations for 'with' and 'that'. |
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Y |
| Usage: ryght 'y' is almost indistinguishable from thorn. It is consistently formed usually with fairly long tail stroke. | | Usage: coleryk |
| Usage: gyff a shortened tail stroke in this word. | | Usage: mylke again, a sweeping tail for 'y'. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: þt it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between 'y' and 'thorn'. | | Usage: þ(er)to here the scribe has extended the tail of thorn to end above the graph to form the 'er' abbreviative mark. |
| Usage: yf þe this image demonstrates the possible problems with reading this script. | | Usage: ȝe a solitary yogh on this folio. |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Constantyne the scribe's upper case graphs can also be confusing. At first glance 'C' is very similar to version 2 which shows 'T'. | | Usage: Thus |
| Usage: Nodull | | Usage: Blode like the 'D' graph, 'B' also has a 2-shaped element preceding the rest of the letter. |