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Current Manuscript:Cambridge, University Library MS Dd. 3.53 Part 1
Folios:39r-59r, 73r-94r
Sampled Folios:54r
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A
Usage: chargeons
single compartment 'a' used throughout the French text.
Usage: la
Usage: ad
double compartment 'a' used in the Latin gloss.
Usage: Abbacie
 
D
Usage: de
looped 'd' is used throughout. The bowl is quite angular.
Usage: RIchard
tag on final 'd' each time the name 'Richard' is copied.
Usage: pleindre
Usage: Don
this may be the scribe's upper case graph which is no different from his lower case one. However, it is only in size that this 'D' varies.
 
G
Usage: granteȝ
secretary 'g' is used throughout the French text.
Usage: chargeons
Usage: Regem
anglicana double compartment 'g' used in the Latin gloss.
Usage: Goldclyne
 
H
Usage: heures
'h's are few and far between.
Usage: RIchard
Usage: Johan
Usage: Seint Hiller
again this may be an upper case graph but impossible to tell as it is essentially the same as the lower case one.
 
R
Usage: roial
modern 'r' is used throughout the French text. The only 'r' represented in the Latin gloss is an example of long 'r'.
Usage: monstrer
final 'r' is often tagged.
Usage: porce
'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o'.
Usage: Richard
 
S
Usage: sustenance
long 's' is almost always used in initial and medial positions, but see version 3.
Usage: tenons
kidney-shaped 's' in final position.
Usage: sustenance
sigma 's' used in initial position.
Usage: Si
 
W
Usage: West(monster)
the only two 'W's on the folio.
Usage: Westmonster
    
 
Y
Usage: enuoye
again, 'y' is used infrequently but is always dotted.
Usage: ley
Usage: y
Usage: Goldclyne
 
Upper Case Letters
Usage: RIchard
a deep 'v' at the head of the 'I' graph with closed loop to the left.
Usage: Priorie
upper case 'P' with horizontal slash.
Usage: Thetford
Usage: Nous
long approach stroke to 'N' with feet on both sides.
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