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A |
| Usage: cas double compartment 'a'. This word has been selected to show that sometimes, even in the middle of a word, the scribe's 'a' stands well above surrounding letters. | | Usage: all the scribe also uses a straight-sided 'a' with cross-stroke. |
| Usage: Appoyntedden | | Usage: And |
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D |
| Usage: lady looped 'd' is used throughour and generally has an angular lower lobe. | | Usage: disesed the final 'd' of the last word in a line with an extra long flourish. |
| Usage: neede a much more rounded graph. | | |
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G |
| Usage: wroghte the scribe has two shapes of graph for 'g'. This one has an angular upper compartment and oval lower lobe. | | Usage: right in this example, two diamond-shaped lobes are set one above the other with lower lobe bigger than the upper lobe. |
| Usage: wight 'ght' combination. The tail of 'g' operates in reverse, turning counter-clockwise to complete the lower compartment. | | |
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H |
| Usage: hir the tail-stroke is frequently looped round to form a complete circle. The head stroke is often left open. | | Usage: thynge the head stroke frequently arches above more than one following graph. |
| Usage: right in the 'ght' combination, 'h' is often crossed. | | Usage: He upper case letter as the first letter of a folio. |
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R |
| Usage: serue long 'r' is used in every position except after 'o'. | | Usage: torned 'z'-shaped 'r' with or without a thick otiose stroke (as in version 3) used after 'o'. |
| Usage: for the extra stroke on 'r' is so exaggerated it takes up more space than the graph itself. | | Usage: hir long 'r' in final position with small curled flourish to finish. |
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S |
| Usage: serue sigma 's' is used in initial position. | | Usage: pylwes sigma 's' is also used in final position. |
| Usage: leste long 's' only used in medial position on this folio. | | Usage: She |
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W |
| Usage: was there is almost no variation at all in this complicated graph. | | Usage: swiche |
| Usage: Wolde upper case version exactly the same. | | |
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Y |
| Usage: lady again 'y' is consistent in its formation. | | Usage: yate |
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Decorative Features |
| Usage: The final word on the folio with 'y' extension tipped with red ink. | | Usage: Bracketing feature for lines in the stanzas. |
| Usage: The stanzas are not evenly spaced but divided by red lines broken by pairs of parallel lines. | | |