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A |
| Usage: and the Petworth scribe uses both single and double compartment 'a'. | | Usage: grace single compartment 'a' with slanted hairline headstroke. |
| Usage: had the upper compartment of 'a' is usually smaller than the lower one. | | Usage: And |
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D |
| Usage: day 'd' is looped and neatly executed. | | Usage: husbond 'd' in final position often has an extended final stroke from the loop as tag. |
| Usage: vnwedded rounded and more angular bowls for 'd' in this example. | | Usage: Dame 'D' with decisive '2'-shaped element to begin. |
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G |
| Usage: grace the Petworth scribe is also known as the 'high g' scribe. His 'g' graphs usually sit on the line. Here the 'g' has two diamond-shaped compartments. The lower lobe has a skirt-like extension to the right. | | Usage: walkynge |
| Usage: knyght 'g' generally sits higher than surrounding graphs and often has a tilted appearance. | | Usage: þingges the position of 'g' is a distinctive feature of this scribe. |
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H |
| Usage: husbond the scribe's graphs are generally neatly and consistently formed. Here the 'h' sits comfortably with neat head-loop and a contained extension from the limb tapering to just below the main body of the graph. | | Usage: byholde 'h' with kink in the stem and tail which turns counter-clockwise to finish. |
| Usage: which crossed 'h' after 'c'. | | Usage: He upper case graph no different from the lower case one. |
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R |
| Usage: rode modern 'r' is the preferred graph for 'r' but long 'r' is also used occasionally. | | Usage: her long 'r' in final position with flourish, perhaps for a missing 'e'. |
| Usage: Enformed the scribe's 'z'-shaped 'r' is distinctive. The otiose stroke descends from the middle of the lower stroke, rather than the more usual starting point at lower left. | | Usage: Resceyuedest |
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S |
| Usage: seide both sigma 's' and long 's' used in initial positions. | | Usage: ellis kidney-shaped 's' used in final position. |
| Usage: siȝt the head-stroke of long 's' is occasionally extended to arc over following graphs. | | Usage: So |
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W |
| Usage: which 'w' is fairly evenly formed with a first stroke which is often separate from the remainder of the graph. There is a 'B'-shaped element to the right. When 'w' is in initial position, there is usually a lead-in stroke. | | Usage: owne in the middle of a word, there is usually no lead-in stroke. |
| Usage: vpdrawe | | Usage: Wiþ |
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Y |
| Usage: bytwene 'y' may or may not be dotted. The fork occurs just above line level. | | Usage: day the tail of 'y' is usually quite long and often curves back counter-clockwise as far as the body of the graph. |
| Usage: myght | | Usage: lay exaggerated tail on this graph which is the last word in the line. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: haþ thorn is used frequently to replace 'th'. | | Usage: Thorn]orgh |
| Usage: ȝif yogh is used as replacement for both 'y' and 'gh' elements. | | Usage: fliȝt |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: In 'I' with deep head loop beginning below the line, describing a semi-circle and connecting with the stem just below the head. | | Usage: But the approach stroke to the '2'-shaped element which precedes the graph again begins below the line. |
| Usage: To 'T' is set high and seems to be balancing on the vertical stroke which bisects the graph. | | Usage: Concludeþ 'C' may be either dotted or bisected by a vertical line. |