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A |
| Usage: say secretary 'a' used most of the time. | | Usage: alone a peculiar hybrid 'a' which is not in the position to be an upper case letter. The scribe does use this form occasionally. |
| Usage: A dieu the most usual upper case 'A' for this scribe. | | Usage: And a different version of the upper case letter. |
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D |
| Usage: And there is little variation in the scribe's 'd' graph. | | Usage: bidde 'dd' followed by 'e'. |
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G |
| Usage: gret after a short stroke descending from the right of the lobe, the tail of 'g' angles back almost at a right angle to form a horizontal line. | | Usage: lough sometimes the horizontal stroke turns back on itself. |
| Usage: God initial letter at the beginning of a line. The upper case graph is indistinguishable from the lower case one. | | |
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H |
| Usage: here 'h' is formed regularly to this pattern. The upper case graph is exactly the same. | | Usage: hate |
| Usage: herke about the only 'h' graph on this folio which shows even a slight variation in the length of the tail-stroke. | | Usage: How the first word of the folio hence the special treatment for 'H'. |
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R |
| Usage: distresse modern 'r' used almost all the time in all positions. The shoulder appears detached but is usually connected with a hairline. | | Usage: hir long 'r' is used occasionally. |
| Usage: word 'z'-shaped 'r' used after 'o' and 'e'. But see version 4. | | Usage: recom(m)aunde a 'z'-shaped 'r' to begin a word. The extra ink at the base of the letter is a blot. |
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S |
| Usage: is kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. | | Usage: distresse long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. Here the head stroke extends over following letters. |
| Usage: vs an unusual shape for 's' but the scribe's hand deteriorates somewhat towards the bottom of the folio. | | Usage: So |
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W |
| Usage: How the scribe's 'w' varies little. | | Usage: wyght the loops at the head are usually closed and there is a single lobe to the right. |
| Usage: wote | | |
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Y |
| Usage: my | | Usage: thyng 'y' with short tail stroke is the most common. |
| Usage: felany the word occurs at the end of a line hence the longer tail for 'y'. | | |
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Thorn and yogh |
| Usage: þou thorn is indistinguishable from 'y'. | | Usage: Þat |
| Usage: (Yogh)ete a more angular shape for this version of yogh, perhaps because it is in an upper case position at the beginning of a line. | | Usage: ry(yogh)t |