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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-a.jpg) | Usage: and double compartment anglicana 'a' used throughout for the text. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-a2.jpg) | Usage: statu a word from the Latin gloss in the left margin. The scribe uses both anglicana and single compartment 'a' in the gloss. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-a3.jpg) | Usage: And one version of upper case 'A' on this folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-a4.jpg) | Usage: And a version of upper case 'A' found frequently in Scribe D's manuscripts. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-d.jpg) | Usage: degree a neatly executed looped 'd' with angular lower lobe and loop mainly contained above the body of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-d2.jpg) | Usage: bidde the second 'd' of the two seen has an open interior with upper loop resolving on the left side of the lower compartment without completing the whole loop. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-d3.jpg) | Usage: And another example of the graph described in version 2. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-d4.jpg) | Usage: wordles |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-g.jpg) | Usage: goþ the scribe's 'g' has a vertical aspect to its upper compartment and a horizontal splay to the lower compartment. All 'g's are double compartment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-g2.jpg) | Usage: right the triangular aspect of the lower compartment is clear in most of these examples. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-g3.jpg) | Usage: grace occasionally there is a really pointed left end to the lower triangular compartment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-g4.jpg) | Usage: God upper case 'G' at the beginning of a line with single bisecting vertical stroke. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-h.jpg) | Usage: holy most of the tails of 'h' are quite short and tucked away beneath the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-h2.jpg) | Usage: hierin occasionally the scribe turns the end of the tail counter-clockwise in a short flick to finish. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-h3.jpg) | Usage: knyghthode both types of tail-stroke are represented in this example. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-h4.jpg) | Usage: Haþ upper case 'H' with loop to the left of the stem. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-r.jpg) | Usage: right modern 'r' is used in every position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-r2.jpg) | Usage: creatour |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-r3.jpg) | Usage: þerfore modern 'r' after 'o'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-r4.jpg) | Usage: immortal |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-s.jpg) | Usage: sein long 's' used in initial and medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-s2.jpg) | Usage: pes kidney-shaped 's' exclusively is used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-s3.jpg) | Usage: oppressid | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-s4.jpg) | Usage: So upper case 'S' with parallel line infill. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-w.jpg) | Usage: wiþ 'w' with smooth left limb, closed head-loops and 'B'-shaped element to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-w2.jpg) | Usage: now 'w' in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-w3.jpg) | Usage: weie a suggestion of a foot at the lower end of the left limb. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-w4.jpg) | Usage: Wher |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-y.jpg) | Usage: y almost all examples of 'y' on this folio are dotted and almost all have a short tail angling to the left then abruptly turning right with a thicker stroke at a steep angle. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-y2.jpg) | Usage: holy |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-y3.jpg) | Usage: wynne | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-y4.jpg) | Usage: synne |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þe thorn is used frequently on almost all occasions to replace 'th'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: belongiþ |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: welþe thorn is frequently used for a replacement 'th' in the middle of words. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝit very faint, but the only yogh on the folio. |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-WL2.jpg) | Usage: That | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: In |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Bot | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodFairfax3-185r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Homward the first word of the folio. |