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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-a.jpg) | Usage: al this scribe made a copy of 'Truth' on f41r of the manuscript. He also added a memorial fragment of the description of the Parson's Tale from the Canterbury Tales. The hand is informal. Double compartment anglicana 'a' throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-a2.jpg) | Usage: added |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-a3.jpg) | Usage: And upper case 'A' with square compartment and arching stroke which appears as a semi-circle over the body of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-a4.jpg) | Usage: And |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-d.jpg) | Usage: delyu(er)e 'd' is looped with a pointed lower lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-d2.jpg) | Usage: drede the lower compartment of the graph sits horizontally on the line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-d3.jpg) | Usage: shepherd 'd' in final position is tagged. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-d4.jpg) | Usage: Dau(n)te almost circular upper case 'D' with internal descender. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-g.jpg) | Usage: gost 'g' is always the double compartment anglicana type. The lower compartment is triangular in appearance. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-g2.jpg) | Usage: pylgryme the lower compartment frequently has a tag protruding from the bottom right of the lower compartment. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-g3.jpg) | Usage: þing 'g' in final position usually has a final descending tag to finish. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-g4.jpg) | Usage: wrestlyng a little difficult to see what is going on here. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-h.jpg) | Usage: hire 'h' is fairly evenly formed with looped head and a tapering limb which descends vertically from the shoulder. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-h2.jpg) | Usage: vache this particular copy of 'Truth' has an envoy to Vache as the final stanza. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-h3.jpg) | Usage: hys | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-h4.jpg) | Usage: Here 'H' as the first letter of the line. Sometimes the upper case 'H' has a loop to the left of the shaft. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-r.jpg) | Usage: ferrest long 'r' is used in all positions except after 'o'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-r2.jpg) | Usage: pore 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-r3.jpg) | Usage: her 'r' in final position is sometimes flourished probably to represent a missing final 'e'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-r4.jpg) | Usage: Reule |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-s.jpg) | Usage: shal long 's' is always used in initial and medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-s2.jpg) | Usage: Prees 6-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-s3.jpg) | Usage: godnesse | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-s4.jpg) | Usage: Sauoure upper case 'S' occurs several times and is usually decorated with either a single or a double slash. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-w.jpg) | Usage: wiþ the scribe's 'w' is fairly consistent with left limb angled out to the left and middle arm looped over at the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-w2.jpg) | Usage: what there is occasional variation. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-w3.jpg) | Usage: folwed | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-w4.jpg) | Usage: Were 'W' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-y.jpg) | Usage: tykelnesse 'y' is usually dotted. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-y2.jpg) | Usage: Clymbyng a current form of 'y' which appears almost as an 'n' with curving tail turning counter-clockwise to finish. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-y3.jpg) | Usage: Holy | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-y4.jpg) | Usage: hym |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: soþefastnesse thorn is used on many occasions as a replacement for 'th'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: couþe |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: nouȝt yogh is also used frequently. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: aȝeyns |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Tempest an interesting version of upper case 'T'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Clymbyng hairline stroke to connect the two elements of the graph with diagonal dash from the centre of the hairline. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Knowe upper case 'K'. 'L' and 'H' (sometimes) have either an angled stroke to the left of the stem as here, or a more looped version. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: But current form of upper case 'B' which is easily confused with 'D'. |
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Serendipity |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL3.jpg) | Usage: trust where 't', 'f', 'k' and sometimes 'g' occur at the end of a word, the scribe often attaches a short descending tag to the cross-bar. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL3-2.jpg) | Usage: wolf |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL3-3.jpg) | Usage: þonk | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10340-41r-WL3-4.jpg) | Usage: Ampersand ampersand usually has a curved stroke above. |