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A |
| Usage: a the hand appears very spikey. 'a' is always double compartment usually with angled stroke at the head and hairline to join. | | Usage: Iudas the lower compartment is not always closed. |
| Usage: Plowma(n) macron over the 'a' signals the missing 'n'. | | Usage: And angular upper case 'A'. |
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D |
| Usage: dyrke 'd' is unlooped and the lower lobe is often angular. | | Usage: werld the lobe of 'd' may be oval or angled. |
| Usage: schroude 'd' is frequently ligatured with 'e'. | | Usage: dredful |
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G |
| Usage: gloteny the lower compartment of 'g' is often pointed at the left side. | | Usage: Werkyng 'g' in final position always has a flourish curled above the graph. |
| Usage: sygth the hairline joining the end of the tail-stroke back to the body of the graph is difficult to see. | | Usage: beggerys the lower compartments are triangles. |
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H |
| Usage: hermyte 'h', 'l' 'b' and 'k' all have a fine otiose stroke forming a fork at the top of the stem. | | Usage: chylderyn the limb extends down lower than the stem. A fine hairline then descends at a forty five degree angle to the left. |
| Usage: ryche the tail stroke is again a fine addition added at a forty five degree angle to the end of the limb. | | Usage: schep |
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R |
| Usage: ryaly modern 'r' is used in all positions including in medial position. | | Usage: fayr 'r' in final position with hairline upturn at the end of the shoulder. |
| Usage: lord 'z'-shaped 'r' may be found with and without the fine otiose stroke added to the lower left of the graph. | | Usage: her 'r' in final position with flourish. |
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S |
| Usage: seson long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. At the lower end of the stem, there is a slight turn of the nib to the left. | | Usage: as kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final positions. It is also used initially occasionally, as in the example 'sight' on this folio (see wild letter 1:3). |
| Usage: blysse | | Usage: Sum(m)e flat-topped serpentine upper case 'S'. |
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W |
| Usage: werkys 'w' is evenly formed with separate left limb usually formed with an approach stroke. | | Usage: wanderyng here, the 'B'-shaped element to finish is also a visible addition.. |
| Usage: plow 'w' is taller than surrounding graphs. | | Usage: Werkyng the upper case graph is the same as the lower case one. |
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Y |
| Usage: hermyte 'y' appears both with and without a dot. The body is square-shaped. | | Usage: may the fork of 'y' may occur beneath the lower level of previous graphs. |
| Usage: wery the tail is usually a fine stroke descending in a straight line at an oblique angle. In this example there is a slight flick counter-clockwise to finish. | | Usage: ryaly the tail is usually straight or finished with a short flick to the right. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: þe thorn is very similar in execution to 'y'. It is squarish in shape. | | Usage: þa(n) |
| Usage: syȝth yogh is used on this folio as equivalent to 'y' and to 'gh'. | | Usage: ȝede |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: In | | Usage: But |
| Usage: IN | | Usage: Of |