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A |
| Usage: was straight-sided 'a' with horizontal cross-bar. | | Usage: As upper case 'A' at the beginning of a line. |
| Usage: aunsuerd the top of 'a' sometimes appears open. | | Usage: saugh the bar through the middle of 'a' frequently joins to the next letter as in version 1. |
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D |
| Usage: seiden a very angular lower lobe of 'd'. | | Usage: savid 'd' in final position in a word frequently has a tag. |
| Usage: goddis the scribe's graphs are evenly formed. | | Usage: Doth upper case 'D' at the beginning of a line. |
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G |
| Usage: generally a comfortable shape for anglicana 'g' with the lower lobe completely resolved and missing the horizontal slash. | | Usage: saugh |
| Usage: thyng final 'g' with thick descending tag. | | Usage: knyght 'ght' combination. |
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H |
| Usage: he the scribe frequently curves the tail of 'h' clockwise under the letter then loops back to link with the following graph. | | Usage: which the combinations 'gh' and 'ch' attract a crossed 'h'. |
| Usage: Bathe 'h' in the running title in the hand of the scribe. | | |
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R |
| Usage: desiren long 'r' used in every position apart from after 'o'. No other shape of 'r' is present on this folio. | | Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' only used after 'o'. Again the otiose stroke from the lower left of the graph is thickly scribed. |
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S |
| Usage: voys sigma 's' always used in final position. | | Usage: saide sigma 's' is also used in initial position as well as long 's'. |
| Usage: shrewe with some letters, 'h' and 'b' for example, the scribe attaches long 's' to the middle of those letters at shoulder level. In other places the head-stroke of long 's' extends horizontally to link to the following graph, again at shoulder level. | | Usage: Sou(er)aynte this may be the scribe's upper case 'S'. |
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W |
| Usage: worthy the scribe's 'w' is individual and may be used as an identifier for this hand. Although he varies the letter a little, this shape of 'w' is used consistently. | | Usage: wymmen 'w' used in upper case position at the beginning of a line. |
| Usage: Wif running title with strap-work. | | |
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Y |
| Usage: youre the scribe's 'y' is almost invariable. | | |
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Abbreviative Marks |
| Usage: vp | | Usage: sou(er)ayne the scribe's 'er' abbreviation. |
| Usage: seiden 'n' with flourish. | | Usage: qd the scribe abbreviates 'quod' several times on this folio. |