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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-a.jpg) | Usage: was the scribe's hand varies, perhaps according to the speed with which he copied. Some graphs are well-formed, others have a hasty appearance. Double compartment 'a' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-a2.jpg) | Usage: harm occasionally the stroke across the upper compartment does not connect and a small gap is left at the head of the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-a3.jpg) | Usage: ymaad the size of the graphs is not always consistent. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-a4.jpg) | Usage: makeþ |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-d.jpg) | Usage: dru(n)enesse unlooped 'd' is used. The oblique down-stroke is often turned slightly at the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-d2.jpg) | Usage: yrad |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-d3.jpg) | Usage: goddes 'd' is frequently found in ligature with the following graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-d4.jpg) | Usage: dradde |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-g.jpg) | Usage: greet the upper lobe of 'g' usually has a vertical aspect, here an oval shape. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-g2.jpg) | Usage: doyng the lower lobe varies in size. The horizontal addition leading to the next graph leaves the upper lobe mid-way down the lobe. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-g3.jpg) | Usage: ygreued sometimes the lower lobe does not connect with the upper lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-g4.jpg) | Usage: germania the scribe's practice is not to use upper case graphs where one might expect to find one. Here there is a tag to the right of the lower lobe. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-h.jpg) | Usage: hoond it is usually possible to see the approach stroke to the stem as is visible here at the top of the stem. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-h2.jpg) | Usage: hadde the addition of the head-stroke is often clearly defined. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-h3.jpg) | Usage: cheualrie 'ch' combination. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-h4.jpg) | Usage: hadde an example of the scribe's hasty formation of graphs. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-r.jpg) | Usage: regne long 'r' is used throughout in all positions except after round-bodied graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-r2.jpg) | Usage: suster 'r' in final position sometimes has a slight upturn at the termination of the shoulder stroke. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-r3.jpg) | Usage: brutus 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after round-bodied graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-r4.jpg) | Usage: werre it is difficult to see the fork of 'r' here as the graph appears almost as a vertical line. It is just possible to see the hairline rising from the main shaft at a level which is in line with the lower level of surrounding graphs. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-s.jpg) | Usage: storie long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. It is not usually a long stroke and it ends at or just below the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-s2.jpg) | Usage: deedis 8-shaped 's' almost always used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-s3.jpg) | Usage: was a 6-shaped 's' also used occasionally in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-s4.jpg) | Usage: Sittynge what appears to be a rare example of an upper case letter in this scribe's copying of the prose. Here it occurs after a paraph mark but is unusual in that the scribe's usual practice is to use a lower case graph. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-w.jpg) | Usage: wonne the scribe's 'w's are all similar. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-w2.jpg) | Usage: folow the 'B'-shaped element to the right of the second limb is usually set slightly lower than the two limbs. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-w3.jpg) | Usage: cruwelnesse the 'B'-shaped element is not always clearly defined. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-w4.jpg) | Usage: dou(n)ward here there is a simple loop to the right of the second limb. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-y.jpg) | Usage: ymaad the fork of the graph is usually on the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-y2.jpg) | Usage: destroyede the tail of 'y' is straight with no return, descending at a 45 degree angle from the line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-y3.jpg) | Usage: hey | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-y4.jpg) | Usage: brytayne |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: naþeles thorn is used frequently, not only for the definite article and pronouns and adjectives, but also as replacement for 'th'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: wraþþe the stem of thorn ends just below the line. The stroke which forms the lobe is usually separate from the stem. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: fiȝtynge yogh is used as equivalent of 'y' and also as replacement for 'gh'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝeer |
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Decorative Features |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-62v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Cirus an example of one of the pen-flourished letters. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: The 7-line ornamental capital which is attached to the four-sided border on f115v. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: A grotesque as the lower corner of the border. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Stowe65-115v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Detail of the illuminated border of f115v. |