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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-a.jpg) | Usage: and the upper compartment of the scribe's double compartment 'a' is consistently larger than the lower. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-a2.jpg) | Usage: awakede |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-a3.jpg) | Usage: And | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-a4.jpg) | Usage: Ac 'A', whether upper or lower compartment is really consistently formed. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-d.jpg) | Usage: dayes looped 'd' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-d2.jpg) | Usage: and the lower compartment is generally rounded or oval. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-d3.jpg) | Usage: wedde the upper loops are generally triangular in appearance. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-d4.jpg) | Usage: deserueth |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Hm143-10v-g.jpg) | Usage: gultes as with the 'a' graph, the double compartment 'g' has a larger upper compartment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-g2.jpg) | Usage: kyng 'g' in final position with a hairline triangle added to the horizontal extension. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-g3.jpg) | Usage: god the lower compartment of 'g' is occasionally left open. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-g4.jpg) | Usage: Genteliche |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-h.jpg) | Usage: helden 'h' generally has a triangular looped head and a limb which does not extend much below the base of the stem. The tail-stroke when added is generally fine and may curve either clockwise beneath the graph or may turn counter-clockwise and return to the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-h2.jpg) | Usage: licketh tail-stroke turning counter-clockwise. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-h3.jpg) | Usage: brouhte | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-h4.jpg) | Usage: harmed tail-stroke looping round in a clockwise direction and returning to the base of the stem. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-r.jpg) | Usage: reste long 'r' and 'z'-shaped 'r' are both used. The stem of 'r' is thick with fine approach stroke where 'r' is the initial graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-r2.jpg) | Usage: Westmynstr(e) 'r' in final position with flourish perhaps for the missing 'e'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-r3.jpg) | Usage: thorw 'z'-shaped 'r' with the otiose stroke unusually descending from the bottom right corner of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-r4.jpg) | Usage: Redeles |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-s.jpg) | Usage: sayde sigma 's' is used in both initial and final positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-s2.jpg) | Usage: appeles sigma 's' in final position with attached vertical tag. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-s3.jpg) | Usage: Iustices the head of long 's' is ligatured with the following 't'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-s4.jpg) | Usage: Symonye |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-w.jpg) | Usage: when 'w' has looped head, often a shallow foot at the base of the limbs and the 'B'-shaped element to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-w2.jpg) | Usage: thorw |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-w3.jpg) | Usage: worth the left limb is entirely separate from the rest of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-w4.jpg) | Usage: wissen |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-y.jpg) | Usage: fayre almost all 'y's are dotted. The dot may be separate or it may be the final point at the end of the tail. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-y2.jpg) | Usage: my the tail often turns counter-clockwise immediately beneath the body of the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-y3.jpg) | Usage: by | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-y4.jpg) | Usage: yholde |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þe thorn is used mainly for abbreviations of 'the' and 'that'. The stem of thorn is often at a slant. The stem is thick. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þat |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝere yogh is also used by the scribe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: aȝens |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Passus | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Took |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Boure | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Hm143-63v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: ANd |
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Penwork Decoration |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-WL3.jpg) | Usage: Decoration of pen-flourished 'N'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-10v-WL3-2.jpg) | Usage: Faces at the end of the flourishing. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/HM143-63v-WL3-3.jpg) | Usage: Pen flourishing on 'A'. | | |