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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-a.jpg) | Usage: aftir double compartment 'a' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-a2.jpg) | Usage: Passus |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-a3.jpg) | Usage: Alas the scribe's upper case 'A's often have a curl at the head rather than a completed lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And the lower compartment may be oval or more angular. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-d.jpg) | Usage: disserue 'd' is looped throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-d2.jpg) | Usage: dampno 'd' with open centre very like the 'd' of Scribe D. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-d3.jpg) | Usage: ded | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-d4.jpg) | Usage: hadde the lower lobe of 'd' may be square as well as rounded. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-g.jpg) | Usage: good 'g' is double compartment. The upper compartment is generally larger than the lower compartment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-g2.jpg) | Usage: walkyng at the top right of the lower compartment the finishing stroke flicks out to produce a sort of skirt. The horizontal extension usually leaves from the middle of the upper compartment. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-g3.jpg) | Usage: Negocium | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-g4.jpg) | Usage: God |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-h.jpg) | Usage: hym the stem of 'h' is upright. The head appears open but may be linked back to the shoulder by a hairline. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-h2.jpg) | Usage: shoon the limb tapers in a slight curve. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-h3.jpg) | Usage: lordschipe | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-h4.jpg) | Usage: He an upper case 'H' which is the same as the lower case graph. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-r.jpg) | Usage: reson long 'r' is used in all positions and is the preferred graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-r2.jpg) | Usage: wer(e) long 'r' in final position with flourish to represent a final 'e'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-r3.jpg) | Usage: aftir modern 'r' is used occasionally but only in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-r4.jpg) | Usage: lorel 'z'-shaped 'r' is used only after 'o' on the folio examined. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-s.jpg) | Usage: swete sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-s2.jpg) | Usage: swete this form of 's' with straight head-stroke is used in inital and final positions. It is also used as the upper case letter. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-s3.jpg) | Usage: ladies sigma 's' in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-s4.jpg) | Usage: soule long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-w.jpg) | Usage: water 'w' is mainly formed with straight limbs looping over to the right and a 'B'-shaped element to finish. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-w2.jpg) | Usage: walkyng occasionally the left limb has a kink in it. |
| Usage: wytt | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-w4.jpg) | Usage: wyn(n)e 'w' is sometimes elongated. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-y.jpg) | Usage: may 'y' is consistently formed although the tail may be straight or gently turning ccounter-clockwise. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-y2.jpg) | Usage: Seynt the fork of 'y' is generally at the lower level of surrounding graphs. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-y3.jpg) | Usage: my | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-y4.jpg) | Usage: bisynesse |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: tempriþ thorn is used on most occasions to replace 'th'. The lobe aften appears detached. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: worþi |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: noȝt yogh is used as equivalent to both 'y' and to 'gh'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝow |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: The | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Now |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Passus | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Add10574-60v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: I |