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A |
| Usage: and double compartment 'a' is used throughout. | | Usage: haue the stroke at the right is thick and straight. |
| Usage: And this particular upper case 'A' may be seen frequently in the hands of London Letter Book H. It is often used when the word 'Alderman' is written. | | Usage: And the scribe has several forms of upper case 'A'. |
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D |
| Usage: draper looped 'd' used throughout. | | Usage: qd the abbreviation for 'quod' attracts the usual tag on the semi-superscript 'd'. |
| Usage: wedde | | Usage: and a very small lobe for this 'd'. |
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G |
| Usage: galoun 'g' is always a double compartment letter. | | Usage: gile the lower compartment tends to be triangular in aspect with one side of the triangle completed by a hairline stroke. |
| Usage: herberghed | | Usage: goode |
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H |
| Usage: holde 'h' is evenly formed. | | Usage: when the head-loop is triangular in shape, again with one of its sides completed by a hairline stroke. |
| Usage: chaumbre an 'h' from the top line where the scribe elongates some graphs. | | Usage: Heo at the beginning of a line so possibly the upper case graph which is no different from the lower case one. |
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R |
| Usage: repentaunce long 'r' is used throughout in all positions. | | Usage: after at the end of the shoulder of 'r', a tiny upward flick when the 'r' is in final position. |
| Usage: for 'z'-shaped 'r' only follows 'o' on this folio. | | Usage: Repentest a rounded version of upper case 'R'. |
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S |
| Usage: saide long 's' actually has quite a short stem. It is used in initial and medial positions. | | Usage: lombardes a cross between a kidney-shaped 's' and an 8-shaped 's'. Used in final position as well as version 3. |
| Usage: pais this 's' with horizontal top stroke with slight upturn is used in final position. | | Usage: So |
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W |
| Usage: wordes 'w' usually stands slightly above the level of surrounding graphs. | | Usage: Now there is always a 'B'-shaped element at the right. |
| Usage: wynter | | Usage: When the upper case graph is the same as the lower case one. |
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Y |
| Usage: Nay the body of 'y' forms a square-shaped 'u' with the initiation of the tail stroke forming the base of the 'u' before curling back counter-clockwise. | | Usage: meny |
| Usage: tyme the tail of 'y' sometimes extends backwards, connecting clumsily with the previous graph. | | Usage: redely |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: Wiþ thorn is used for all the usual words as well as replacing 'th' on occasions. | | Usage: boþe |
| Usage: bouȝht yogh seems to be used as equivalent only to the 'g' in the 'gh' combination. | | Usage: ȝouthe here yogh is used as equivalent to 'y'. |
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Yogh |
| Usage: ȝut an interesting and individual graph for yogh with curved approach to the head, large upper element and more stunted tail. | | Usage: ȝud |
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