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A |
| Usage: hath the single compartment 'a's are mainly evenly formed. The scribe's hand is controlled and the graphs well-formed. | | Usage: and a slightly different variant of version 1 with square shape and hairline to close at the head. |
| Usage: Alas the upper case graph is noticeably larger than the lower case letters. On this folio there are no double compartment 'a's even as an upper case letter. | | Usage: And the first letter of the folio. |
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D |
| Usage: tolde the scribe uses looped 'd' in the text. This is the most usual shape for the looped version. | | Usage: sto(u)nd 'd' in final position with tag. The word occurs at the end of a line. |
| Usage: legenda an unlooped 'd' used in the display script of the rubric. | | Usage: Done upper case 'D' at the beginning of a line. |
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G |
| Usage: rage the scribe's tailed 'g's are all formed in exactly the same way. All descenders briefly graze the line. | | Usage: grace |
| Usage: God | | |
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H |
| Usage: here again the scribal hand is very even. The tail of 'h' sits on, or ends just below the line. The head-stroke may be open or closed as here. | | Usage: demophon the only crossed 'h' on this folio. |
| Usage: Philomen 'h' in the scribe's display script in the rubric with tail-stroke turning counter-clockwise. | | Usage: Hyr upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line with open head-stroke. |
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R |
| Usage: armes the scribe uses modern 'r' on almost every occasion in all positions. | | Usage: auctorite the only example of long 'r' on this folio. |
| Usage: progne the only example of 'z'-shaped 'r' on this folio. | | |
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S |
| Usage: this kidney-shaped 's' almost always used in final position. | | Usage: Alas |
| Usage: suche long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. | | |
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W |
| Usage: worde 'w' is formed as two 'v's. The graph is looped at the head and has a single lobe to the right. | | Usage: sorow |
| Usage: Wepynge 'W' in upper case position at the beginning of a line. There is little variation in the scribe's 'w' graph. | | |
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Y |
| Usage: feyned occasionally, when the scribe has space, the tail of 'y' curls round, but the more usual graph is version 2. | | Usage: sustyr the majority of the scribe's 'y's have a short straight tail-stroke as here. |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: That | | Usage: The |
| Usage: In | | Usage: I |
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More Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Philles an upper case 'P' in the display script of the scribe. | | Usage: Explicit an upper case 'E' in the display script of the scribe. |
| Usage: Now | | Usage: But |