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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-a.jpg) | Usage: acountes double compartment 'a' used throughout. The head stroke sometimes appears detached. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-a2.jpg) | Usage: day |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-a3.jpg) | Usage: penance 'a' is straight-sided with horizontal cross-bar. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-a4.jpg) | Usage: A only this version of upper case 'A' is used on this folio. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-d.jpg) | Usage: dedly 'd's are looped and evenly formed. The lower bowl is often angular. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-d2.jpg) | Usage: world the loop is generally of horizontal aspect and tends to lie across the lower lobe. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-d3.jpg) | Usage: laddest | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-d4.jpg) | Usage: dede the loops of the two 'd's are squashed to line up with the round 'e's which in turn are very similar to the 'd' graph. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-g.jpg) | Usage: go the lower compartment of 'g' almost always appears to be in advance of the upper compartment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-g2.jpg) | Usage: indulgences because of the position of the lower compartment, the graph itself appears to lean backwards. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-g3.jpg) | Usage: Iuges | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-g4.jpg) | Usage: grace |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-h.jpg) | Usage: heuene the tail of 'h' usually ends just below the level of the stem. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-h2.jpg) | Usage: erthe on occasions, the scribe extends the tail of 'h' horizontally beneath previous graphs. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-h3.jpg) | Usage: riche | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-h4.jpg) | Usage: How 'H' at the beginning of a line with wider curve on the tail. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-r.jpg) | Usage: rede long 'r' is used throughout in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-r2.jpg) | Usage: moder final 'r' generally has a slight flick upwards at the end of the shoulder. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-r3.jpg) | Usage: preyeres 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after some vowels and round-bodied graphs. There is a curled otiose stroke from the lower left of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-r4.jpg) | Usage: her(e) flourished 'r' for missing 'e'. The shoulder of 'r' is detached and the flourish curls up over the shoulder making almost a complete circle. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-s.jpg) | Usage: synned sigma 's' is used in initial position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-s2.jpg) | Usage: elles the most frequently used final 's' is 8-shaped. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-s3.jpg) | Usage: triennales occasionally the head-stroke of the graph curves upwards instead of closing to form an '8'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-s4.jpg) | Usage: sesoun long 's' is used only occasionally as the initial graph. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-w.jpg) | Usage: welth 'w' is consistently formed. The left limb usually stands separate from the rest of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-w2.jpg) | Usage: dowel the top of 'w' is generally at the height of surrounding graphs. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-w3.jpg) | Usage: twene sometimes, the second part of the graph looks as though it has slipped down the page. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-w4.jpg) | Usage: With oute upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line. The longer lead-in stroke is the only thing which might differentiate the graph from the lower case examples. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-y.jpg) | Usage: synned 'y' often looks just like thorn and in many places it is difficult to distinguish them. Here the graph has no tail. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-y2.jpg) | Usage: trewely |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-y3.jpg) | Usage: day by day | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-y4.jpg) | Usage: mercy towards the lower part of the folio, occasional 'y's have tails. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þow almost no difference between this thorn and some of the examples of 'y'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þe |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: hiȝte yogh is used as equivalent of both 'gh' and 'y'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝoure |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Quod | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: I t a very distinctive upper case 'I'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Be | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/RawlPoet38-33v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: To |