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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-a.jpg) | Usage: and the scribe uses both single and double compartment 'a'. Double compartment is the favoured graph but the use of either appears to be indiscriminate. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-a2.jpg) | Usage: al |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-a3.jpg) | Usage: Passus the scribe's display script in the rubric. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-a4.jpg) | Usage: and there do not appear to be any upper case 'A's on this folio. The example here may be one as it appears at the beginning of a line. However, the distinctive upper case letters are tipped with red ink. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-d.jpg) | Usage: drede again the scribe uses both looped and unlooped 'd' with a preference for the unlooped letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-d2.jpg) | Usage: gold looped 'd' in final position with short tag. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-d3.jpg) | Usage: golde | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-d4.jpg) | Usage: myddel |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-g.jpg) | Usage: gold there is a fine hairline stroke which connects the lower with the upper compartment. However it is not always easy to see and the 'g' often appears to be a tailed 'g' rather than a double compartment graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-g2.jpg) | Usage: kyng |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-g3.jpg) | Usage: gylt the faint hairline can just about be seen but the 'g' has the appearance of a tailed letter. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-g4.jpg) | Usage: Gentely one of the upper case letters which is tipped with red ink. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-h.jpg) | Usage: hur 'h' has looped head and varies in the angle of the descent of the limb. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-h2.jpg) | Usage: confortyth |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-h3.jpg) | Usage: sche the tail-stroke is short, extending briefly below the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-h4.jpg) | Usage: hendelyche |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-r.jpg) | Usage: rynges long 'r' is used in all positions including after 'o'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-r2.jpg) | Usage: her(e) in final position, 'r' is often flourished. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-r3.jpg) | Usage: tercius modern 'r' in the scribe's display script. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-r4.jpg) | Usage: wyrche the fork of the graph generally occurs at or around the level of the line. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-s.jpg) | Usage: sche long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-s2.jpg) | Usage: bedelys sigma 's' is mainly found in final position. However, see version 3. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-s3.jpg) | Usage: Curteysly sigma 's' used in the middle of a word. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-s4.jpg) | Usage: Saue the upper case graph as the first letter of the page. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-w.jpg) | Usage: wrong 'w' is almost invariable. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-w2.jpg) | Usage: Now |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-w3.jpg) | Usage: wt the scribe often abbreviates the word 'with' in this way. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-w4.jpg) | Usage: folwe |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-y.jpg) | Usage: treuly the shape of the body of 'y' is consistent. The tail-stroke varies in length and curvature. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-y2.jpg) | Usage: tremelyd |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-y3.jpg) | Usage: þy | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-y4.jpg) | Usage: kyng occasionally the tail of 'y' is straight. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þe thorn is mainly used for the definite article and for pronouns and demonstratives. It is rarely used elsewhere. The scribe abbreviates many of these words with a superscript above the thorn. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: behyȝþ one of the only occasions on this folio where thorn is used for 'th' other than on the occasions mentioned above. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝif yogh is used as equivalent of 'y'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: lauȝthe yogh is also used as equivalent of 'gh'. |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Passus | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: ffor | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodRawlpoet137-11r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Coupys |