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A |
| Usage: answerd like the first scribe, Hand B also uses mainly anglicana double compartment 'a'. | | Usage: fals an occasional single compartment graph for 'a' may be found in the body of the text. |
| Usage: Nota ad both versions of 'a' may also be found in the display script of the scribe. | | Usage: A upper case 'A' is very similar in formation to that of the first scribe. However, Hand B does not provide the wavy cross-stroke at the head. |
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D |
| Usage: discordeth mainly the scribe uses looped 'd'. However, see version 3. | | Usage: serued |
| Usage: made this word occurs just after the scribe had been copying a Latin gloss in which he uses both looped and unlooped 'd'. | | Usage: Diuers the upper case graph. |
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G |
| Usage: good double compartment 'g' with lower compartment straddling the line. | | Usage: kynge the lower lobe often has an overhang or skirt to the right. |
| Usage: rightwesnesse sometimes the lower compartment is not completely closed. | | Usage: high |
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H |
| Usage: he 'h' always has a looped head-stroke which varies in shape. The limb is gently curved. | | Usage: which 'h' is often set at a slight slant. |
| Usage: Rightewesnesse | | Usage: charge |
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R |
| Usage: reddour like the first scribe, modern 'r' is used in all positions. | | Usage: bettir like the first scribe 'r' in final position always seems to have a flourish (as opposed to the first scribe's tag). |
| Usage: largesse again like the first scribe's practice, long 'r' only seems to be used occasionally and in medial positions. | | Usage: Rightewesnesse |
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S |
| Usage: seide long 's' is used initially and medially. | | Usage: vertious 8-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
| Usage: as a kidney-shaped 's' is also used in final position. | | Usage: see sigma 's' is also used in initial position, resembling the practice of the first scribe. |
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W |
| Usage: where rounded 'w' is looped at the head and very similar to the 'w' graph of Hand A. | | Usage: how |
| Usage: owne there is a single lobe to the right of the graph. | | Usage: Whan the upper case graph is no different from the upper case one. |
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Y |
| Usage: kynge 'y' is frequently dotted. | | Usage: may the tail of 'y' may end in a slight turn counter-clockwise as here or it may extend further as in the other examples. |
| Usage: weye | | Usage: by |
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Thorn |
| Usage: þus thorn is mainly used for pronouns, adjectives and present tense verb endings. | | Usage: haþ |
| Usage: oþire thorn is not usually used as a replacement for 'th' but the word 'oþir' is often an exception. | | Usage: liþ |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: To | | Usage: Bi |
| Usage: It Hand A also writes his upper case 'I' in this way with two horizontal tags to the left of the stem. | | Usage: Counsul |