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A |
| Usage: age double compartment anglicana 'a' is used throughout. | | Usage: That occasionally the upper compartment is not completed. |
| Usage: age hairline joining upper and lower compartments in this example. | | Usage: And just one of the many versions of upper case 'A' used by this scribe. See Wild Letter 3 for more examples. |
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D |
| Usage: deeþ angular lobe on the looped 'd'. | | Usage: aqueyntid the scribe's graphs are all very evenly formed with little variation. |
| Usage: hadde | | Usage: Defende upper case 'D' with 2-shaped element to begin. |
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G |
| Usage: guerdon angular double compartment anglicana 'g'. | | Usage: þing the lower compartment is almost triangular. In final position the 'g' has an added vertical tag. |
| Usage: lenger the scribe also uses tailed 'g'. The use of each different graph seems to go in blocks. | | Usage: Musyng 'g' in final position with tag. |
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H |
| Usage: hir the scribe uses 'h' with an angled foot on the stem as in this example, or he may use one without, as in version 2. | | Usage: hadde |
| Usage: neighburgh 'h' after 'g' is crossed when in final position. | | Usage: Had upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. |
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R |
| Usage: reward modern 'r' is used in all positions. | | Usage: Ther |
| Usage: ffor 'z'-shaped 'r' is only used after 'o'. | | Usage: Right |
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S |
| Usage: so long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. The stem usually ends on the line. Since this scribe writes above the line there is a short extension to 's' beneath the lower level of the surrounding graphs. | | Usage: waies final 's' is of this form. Sometimes it appears almost as a kidney-shaped letter, sometimes it is more 8-shaped. |
| Usage: anguische example to show both 's' and 'h' ending on the line. | | Usage: Senek upper case 'S' with parallel line decoration. |
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W |
| Usage: wight looped 'w' where occasionally the loop at the head of the middle arm is not quite closed. | | Usage: worlde a 'B'-shaped element at the right. |
| Usage: wickid | | Usage: Whan a more elaborate graph as the upper case letter. |
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Y |
| Usage: lay the tail of 'y' also ends just about on the line. 'y' and thorn are difficult to distinguish at times. | | Usage: lightly |
| Usage: tyme only very occasionally does the tail of 'y' turn counter-clockwise. | | Usage: by |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: seiþ thorn is used frequently in all the usual places but also more widely as a 'th' replacement. | | Usage: deeþ there is almost no descender on thorn. The body of the graph sits on the line and stem and lobe are of almost equal size. |
| Usage: ȝouþe yogh also sits on the line. Yogh is not widely used except for the sound of 'y'. | | Usage: ȝeldiþ |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: That the scribe has some elaborate upper case graphs, usually decorated with double parallel lines. | | Usage: Ne |
| Usage: I an upper case 'I' reminiscent of the one favoured by Scribe D. | | Usage: Besily |
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Upper Case A |
| Usage: Age four different examples of the scribe's versions of upper case 'A'. | | Usage: As |
| Usage: And | | Usage: And |