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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-a.jpg) | Usage: aspye the use of the single and double compartment 'a' is fairly evenly divided. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-a2.jpg) | Usage: as double compartment 'a' looks rather strange but seems to have been executed with a looping stroke from the lobe of 'a', curling up to make the top compartment, and finishing with a horizontal to move on to the next graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-a3.jpg) | Usage: amicos an 'a' in the scribe's display script. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And upper case 'A's have loops which extends back making the whole graph appear to lean. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-d.jpg) | Usage: de(ser)ued 'd' is always looped but this example has a sharper than average lower lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-d2.jpg) | Usage: nakyd almost all final 'd's have a downward extension to the finishing stroke. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-d3.jpg) | Usage: Secundus 'd' in the scribe's display script. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-d4.jpg) | Usage: bydd(es) abbreviative mark for the plural added on to the final 'd'. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-g.jpg) | Usage: grevyd anglicana 'g' has a squarish upper compartment and a longer oval-shaped lower compartment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-g2.jpg) | Usage: kyng |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-g3.jpg) | Usage: boght on more than one occasion, the lower compartment is not closed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-g4.jpg) | Usage: leng(er) 'g' often seems to lean forward. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-h.jpg) | Usage: half the stem and head of 'h' lean forwards. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-h2.jpg) | Usage: trouth the tail-stroke sometimes finishes in a gentle curve beneath the graph, but sometimes continues in a loop back to the body of the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-h3.jpg) | Usage: taght | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-h4.jpg) | Usage: shal |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-r.jpg) | Usage: robe long 'r' is used in all positions. The graph is extremely long. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-r2.jpg) | Usage: or |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-r3.jpg) | Usage: worthely after 'o', 'z'-shaped 'r' is used. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-r4.jpg) | Usage: rynge/euer long initial 'r' to begin the first word, and exaggerated finish to the final 'r' on the line below. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-s.jpg) | Usage: spende long 's' used in initial and medial positions. The head-stroke is separate and horizontal. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-s2.jpg) | Usage: fals sigma 's' is used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-s3.jpg) | Usage: vobis kidney-shaped 's' is used in the scribe's display script. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-s4.jpg) | Usage: blyssyd splaying of the double 's'. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-w.jpg) | Usage: was 'w' is mainly in the form found in the other three versions. However, there is a single example of this looped 'w' on this folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-w2.jpg) | Usage: Now the left arm of 'w' is much taller than the rest of the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-w3.jpg) | Usage: qwen | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-w4.jpg) | Usage: When upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line with left arm extending way out into left margin. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-y.jpg) | Usage: fyngers 'y' and thorn are virtually indistinguishable. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-y2.jpg) | Usage: atyryde |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-y3.jpg) | Usage: kney | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-y4.jpg) | Usage: mary |
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Thorn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þis as mentioned under 'y', thorn is an almost identical graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þ(er) |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: þt | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: þus |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Lo | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Bot | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/TCD213-8v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Now |