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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-a.jpg) | Usage: a single compartment 'a' used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-50-a2.jpg) | Usage: macomete the head of the graph varies and is sometimes horned as in this example. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-a3.jpg) | Usage: And the scribe has a number of upper case 'A's. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-a4.jpg) | Usage: A this is the 'A' found most commonly. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-d.jpg) | Usage: dredful 'd' is generally formed consistently with neat upper loop and compact, sometimes pointed, lower lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-d2.jpg) | Usage: passed this final 'd' is '8'-shaped. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-50-d3.jpg) | Usage: hadde | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-d4.jpg) | Usage: Dowel the upper case version of 'D'. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-g.jpg) | Usage: god 'g' is tailed and the graph has a flat, horizontal head-stroke which extends to link with the following graph. The compartment is almost a triangle. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-50-g2.jpg) | Usage: mornyng the tail of 'g' sometimes continues in a clockwise arc or, as here, turns briefly clockwise and immediately counter-clockwise. This final 'g' is tagged. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-g3.jpg) | Usage: brigges | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-g4.jpg) | Usage: prologus anglicana double compartment 'g' in the rubric. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-h.jpg) | Usage: haue 'h' has an arching head-stroke which extends quite a way beyond the line of the shoulder before curling back to make contact. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-h2.jpg) | Usage: rightfullych 'h' after 'c' is crossed. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-h3.jpg) | Usage: hight 'h' is also crossed in this combination. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-h4.jpg) | Usage: Howe the upper case version. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-r.jpg) | Usage: rent modern 'r' is used in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-50-r2.jpg) | Usage: sauiour |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-50-r3.jpg) | Usage: Sorrye 'z'-shaped 'r' follows 'o' and round-bodied graphs such as 'p' and 'b'. Note that a modern 'r' follows the 'z'-shaped version. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-r4.jpg) | Usage: Reule |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-s.jpg) | Usage: scabbed long 's' is used in initial position as well as medially. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-s2.jpg) | Usage: wedres kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-s3.jpg) | Usage: seson sometimes the head of long 's' extends over a number of following graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-s4.jpg) | Usage: Sette |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-w.jpg) | Usage: wake the left limb of 'w' often has a turned foot. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-50-w2.jpg) | Usage: lawe the head-strokes usually curl over to the right. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-w3.jpg) | Usage: dowel 'w' in the display script with 'additions' at the head of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-w4.jpg) | Usage: Wikked a more exaggerated left limb for this upper case 'W'. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-y.jpg) | Usage: wydous 'y' has a tortured tail which swings immediately left beneath the body of the graph then curls back counter-clockwise. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-y2.jpg) | Usage: holy |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-y3.jpg) | Usage: myght | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-50-y4.jpg) | Usage: dyyng |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þus thorn is used frequently on all occasions including as a replacement for 'th'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: sayþ |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: aȝen the value of yogh is equivalent to both 'y' and 'gh'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝow |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-WL2.jpg) | Usage: And | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-1-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: But |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Til | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/YorkBorthAdd196-2-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: I upper case 'I' with floreated head. |