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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-a.jpg) | Usage: anon single compartment 'a' with square lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-a2.jpg) | Usage: also |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-a3.jpg) | Usage: whas single compartment 'a' with rounded lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-a4.jpg) | Usage: And |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-d.jpg) | Usage: dar both looped and unlooped 'd's are used. They alternate to no particular plan but unlooped 'd' is used most frequently. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-d2.jpg) | Usage: desplesed (first d) where looped 'd' is used, it is more often in initial position, though it can also be used occasionally in medial and final positions. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-d3.jpg) | Usage: lady | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-d4.jpg) | Usage: god |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-g.jpg) | Usage: grucche tailed 'g' is used almost all the time. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-g2.jpg) | Usage: oghne the single occurrence of anglicana 'g' on the folio examined. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-g3.jpg) | Usage: þogh tailed 'g' is consistently formed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-g4.jpg) | Usage: strengþe |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-h.jpg) | Usage: hertes 'h' may have a looped head or it may be left open. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-h2.jpg) | Usage: what the limb of 'h' is often short, finishing in line with the lower part of the stem. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-h3.jpg) | Usage: noght 'h' in the combination 'ght' is crossed. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-h4.jpg) | Usage: Hast the upper case graph. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-r.jpg) | Usage: rede modern 'r' is used throughout in all positions except after 'o'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-r2.jpg) | Usage: ferr |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-r3.jpg) | Usage: fortune 'z'-shaped 'r' only appears after 'o' on the folio examined. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-r4.jpg) | Usage: Regis an upper case 'R' in the rubric. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-s.jpg) | Usage: soffre long 's' is used in all initial and medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-s2.jpg) | Usage: hertes kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-s3.jpg) | Usage: vnbuxomnesse | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-s4.jpg) | Usage: So |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-w.jpg) | Usage: wol looped 'w' with 'B'-shaped element to the right is used consistently throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-w2.jpg) | Usage: was |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-w3.jpg) | Usage: Now the middle loop of 'w' stands above the elements on either side. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-w4.jpg) | Usage: Whan the upper case version is exactly the same as the lower case. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-y.jpg) | Usage: pleinly although not represented in the 'y's shown here, 'y' is occasionally dotted. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-y2.jpg) | Usage: heuy |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-y3.jpg) | Usage: myhte | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-y4.jpg) | Usage: many sometimes the tail of 'y' returns and ends above the body of the graph. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: Wiþ the stem of thorn is thick and set at a slant. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: telleþ thorn is used on all occasions for 'th' except where 'Th' begins a line. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝe on the folio examined, yogh is used as equivalent to 'y'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝoure |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-WL2.jpg) | Usage: That | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Bot |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Confessor | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley3869-34r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Of |