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A |
| Usage: all single compartment 'a' used throughout. | | Usage: an occasionally what seems to be an upper case 'A' graph is used in initial position in some words. |
| Usage: As upper case 'A'. | | |
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D |
| Usage: vndyr looped 'd' used throughout. | | Usage: good(es) 'es' abbreviation attached to final 'd'. |
| Usage: Dysportyng | | |
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G |
| Usage: gentylwemen tailed 'g' with reverse turn on the tail. | | Usage: sought |
| Usage: thyng the word is at the end of a line hence the lengthened cross-stroke. | | |
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H |
| Usage: theyr on this folio, the scribe frequently loops the tail-stroke back up to join on to the next letter. This is not necessarily his practice on other folios which are copied more carefully. The continuous stroke seems to be related to the speed of copying. | | Usage: rought in the 'ght' combination with crossed 'h', the tail-stroke of 'h' does not normally curl back up. |
| Usage: Hyt upper case letter at the beginning of a line. | | Usage: Sendeth on the opening folio of the manuscript, which is copied more carefully than subsequent folios, the scribe flicks the limb of 'h' to the right in the 'th' combination. |
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R |
| Usage: hert squat form of modern 'r' used in all positions. | | Usage: entier 'r' in final position with flourish. |
| Usage: sondry 'z'-shaped 'r' used mainly after 'o'. | | Usage: Reiterate |
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S |
| Usage: was sigma 's' used in final position. | | Usage: besynes long 's' used initially and medially. |
| Usage: Som | | Usage: ys the scribe also has this 6-shaped 's' in his repertoire for final 's'. |
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W |
| Usage: wete the curving approach stroke is almost always used when 'w' is the first letter of a word. | | Usage: two a thick and separate left arm. |
| Usage: Wherof upper case 'W' at the beginning of a word. | | Usage: rewler this is the only 'w' with looped head found on the three sampled folios. However, it demonstrates that this version was also in the scribe's repertoire. |
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Y |
| Usage: symplest the tail of 'y' varies in length. | | Usage: aftyr occasionally the left arm of 'y' is detached from the curving second stroke. |
| Usage: sodenly for long stretches the scribe alternates 'y' with straight tail and 'y' with a curving tail. | | Usage: ye alongside 'y' as in version 3, there is this 'y' with tail which connects with the following letter. |