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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-a.jpg) | Usage: a double compartment 'a' with the two compartments not always defined. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-a2.jpg) | Usage: man the upper compartment is often larger than the lower compartment. The down-stroke at the right is thick and straight. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-a3.jpg) | Usage: halle | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-a4.jpg) | Usage: Austyn a single form of upper case 'A' on the folio examined and it is formed in exactly the same way as the lower case letter. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-d.jpg) | Usage: dispute looped 'd' is used throughout. The graph is very similar to the 'd's of the first scribe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-d2.jpg) | Usage: god |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-d3.jpg) | Usage: Iudas the lower lobe is sometimes more angular in appearance. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-d4.jpg) | Usage: wordis |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-g.jpg) | Usage: gile as with the first scribe, the lower compartment of 'g' is smaller than the upper compartment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-g2.jpg) | Usage: gynneþ |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-g3.jpg) | Usage: Imagynatif in some examples the lower compartment is very small indeed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-g4.jpg) | Usage: long there is almost always a a small apron to the right of the lower lobe which ends in an upward flick. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-h.jpg) | Usage: haue 'h' is very similar to the first scribe's graph but is usually more upright in appearance. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-h2.jpg) | Usage: worschipid |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-h3.jpg) | Usage: chaumbre the limb is thick at the shoulder and tapers to a point just below the graph. There is not always a tail-stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-h4.jpg) | Usage: holicherche here the two 'h's are set at a slight angle. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-r.jpg) | Usage: rende long 'r' is used throughout in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-r2.jpg) | Usage: answer in final position, 'r' frequently has a flourish, probably for a missing final 'e'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-r3.jpg) | Usage: parlour 'z'-shaped 'r' follows vowels. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-r4.jpg) | Usage: Roten the upper case 'R'. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-s.jpg) | Usage: suche sigma 's' is used in initial and final positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-s2.jpg) | Usage: clerkis a tag on the horizontal extension of the head of sigma 's'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-s3.jpg) | Usage: misbileue long 's' is used mainly in medial position. There is only one example of long 's' in initial position on the folio examined. Long 's' is actually a short graph, rarely extending much below the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-s4.jpg) | Usage: Suche |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-w.jpg) | Usage: was the 'w' graph varies little. The limbs are upright, the 'B'-shaped element at the right is barely defined. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-w2.jpg) | Usage: wolde the 'B'-shaped element is barely defined. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-w3.jpg) | Usage: answer both limbs curl to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-w4.jpg) | Usage: Whi an upper case graph where the limbs are longer than in the lower case letter. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-y.jpg) | Usage: echeday the tail of 'y' always descends at the same forty-five degree angle. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-y2.jpg) | Usage: chemeney the tail may be straight or end with a small flick counter-clockwise. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-y3.jpg) | Usage: hym here the tail of 'y' is short and ends on the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-y4.jpg) | Usage: motyues |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þei thorn is used frequently for all the usual words but also as a replacement 'th'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: wiþ the lobe for thorn is a separate stroke which does not seem to connect with the stem. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: myȝten yogh is used as equivalent of 'gh' and also of 'y'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝoure |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Non | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Iewis |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Of | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodBod814-37r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Carpen |