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A |
| Usage: have typical straight-sided 'a' with horizontal cross-bar favoured by this scribe. | | Usage: Albion upper case 'A' in initial position. |
| Usage: man this 'a' occurs in the middle of a word and is a characteristic feature of the Beryn scribe's hand. | | Usage: mannys an 'a' on the top line of text within the word 'mannys'. |
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D |
| Usage: aryvid 'd' is looped and seen here in final position. | | Usage: distroyd 'd' in initial position showing the scribe's more pointed lower lobe of 'd' which he tends to use where 'd' is the initial graph. |
| Usage: died 'd' in an initial position. The scribe's upper case 'D' is more usually of this shape with exaggerated left-pointed lobe. | | Usage: nedis this simpler unlooped 'd' is also in the scribe's repertoire. |
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G |
| Usage: begoten 'g' used in the red heading. The reverse flick of the tail is used frequently by the scribe particularly when 'g' is the final letter of a word. However, there is no consistency in this usage but see the name 'Goginagogg' on line 6 where all 'g's have the forward flick. | | Usage: lengith pronounced horns on this graph. |
| Usage: grete anglicana 'g' with larger lower lobe. | | Usage: Geauntis upper case 'G' which in this scribe's hand is fairly consistent in shape and formation, seen here again with vertical bisecting stroke. |
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H |
| Usage: help the most usual configuration for 'h'. | | Usage: he here the tail-stroke describes a loop back to join on to the next letter. This is not an isolated occurrence. |
| Usage: forth this 'h' occurs as the final letter of the penultimate line on the folio. The scribe has used the space to flick the tail-stroke to the right. However, the same feature can be seen in the word 'shuld' which appears two words before the end of the same line. | | Usage: How elaborate upper case 'H' for the first word of the rubric heading. |
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R |
| Usage: contrees long 'r' used in medial and in final position. In final position, the 'r' is usually flourished. | | Usage: horribil modern 'r' is used in medial and final positions as well as long 'r'. |
| Usage: resseyvid 'z'-shaped 'r' is used initially, as here, or after vowels and some consonants. | | Usage: modir modern 'r' in final position with tag. |
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S |
| Usage: this kidney-shaped 's' in final position. This 's' is mostly used in this position. | | Usage: so sigma 's' in initial position. This 's' is also used frequently in final position as well as kidney 's'. |
| Usage: Sylvyn upper case 'S' for a name. | | Usage: seyd long 's' used initially and medially. |
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W |
| Usage: went 'w' with approach stroke and two lobes on the right limb. | | Usage: mowtens 'w' whose left arm arches over the previous letter. Note also the lack of lobes on the right side. |
| Usage: when the scribe uses a certain amount of licence with this elaborate 'w' on the top line. | | Usage: sclowȝ a word in the rubric with almost no approach stroke at all. Each separate element of the graph may be seen clearly. |
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Y |
| Usage: lay | | Usage: mannys the tail of 'y' extends to join the next letter. |
| Usage: tyme the tail of 'y' extends below the next letter. | | |
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v |
| Usage: vommen the initial letter of the word 'vommen'. The scribe uses initial 'v' for 'w' in many words. | | Usage: resseyvid rather crushed into the space. Resembles the letter form the scribe uses for 'b' at times (see Wild Letter 2). |
| Usage: aryvid | | Usage: devill the same kind of treatment which the scribe uses for the 'w' graph. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: þat thorn used irregularly for demonstrative adjectives. | | Usage: þan |
| Usage: sclowȝe yogh used rarely on this folio except in words where it is equivalent to 'gh'. | | Usage: knyȝt yogh equivalent to 'gh'. The Beryn scribe's yoghs are distinctive with the extended descender. |