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A |
| Usage: and single compartment secretary 'a' with hair-line stroke to close at the head. | | Usage: tale a horned effect at the head of some 'a' graphs. |
| Usage: age | | Usage: And the scribe's upper case 'A' with or without loop at the lower left. |
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D |
| Usage: depe 'd' is generally consistently formed with upper loop and pointed extension to the lower lobe where the hair-line begins. | | Usage: remedied the first 'd' in this word. |
| Usage: remedied final 'd' frequently has an extended flourish to finish. | | Usage: gidd the first 'd' is a more squashed version of the usual graph. |
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G |
| Usage: gracious secretary 'g' with horizontal bar across the head. The tail in this example follows round in clockwise fashion. | | Usage: lenger the scribe frequently turns the tail of 'g' counter-clockwise to finish. |
| Usage: grace the tail of 'g' is extended to connect with the following graph. | | Usage: Guerdoned upper case 'G' with added vertical line beginning above the head of the graph and descending to the centre. |
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H |
| Usage: haue 'h' is slightly tilted with arched head-stroke which connects back to the shoulder of the graph. | | Usage: sharp in some examples, there is a slight foot at the base of the ascender and the tail from the limb turns counter-clockwise. |
| Usage: which 'h' is crossed in this example when following 'c'. | | Usage: Hath upper case 'H' at the beginning of a line. The head-stroke is open and arches over the following graph. |
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R |
| Usage: y rotid modern 'r' used in all positions except where 'z'-shaped 'r' is selected. A curled approach-stroke in this example. | | Usage: Eschequer 'r' in final position. |
| Usage: Guerdoned 'z'-shaped 'r' is used frequently after most vowels and also after round-bodied graphs. The head is not always horned. | | Usage: futur 'r' in final position with flourish. |
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S |
| Usage: special long 's' used initially and medially. The stalk is thick with finer hook at the head. | | Usage: lives kidney-shaped 's' always used in final position. |
| Usage: shete the head-stroke connects into the following graph. | | Usage: Suffisauntly upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
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W |
| Usage: was the scribe has two forms of 'w', this cursive form and the version seen in the second example. | | Usage: how a 'w' formed from two separate 'v's, hence the name for this scribe as 'the double 'v' scribe'. |
| Usage: ynowȝ | | Usage: Whan upper case 'W' at the beginning of the first line of verse. |
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Y |
| Usage: yelde the tail of 'y' may be short as here or longer as in the following examples. | | Usage: ynow 'y' may also be dotted. |
| Usage: Myȝte there is usually a small curled approach stroke to the left limb. Here, the tail of 'y' is taken up to connect with the next graph. | | Usage: Yf 'Y' in initial position in the line. The upper case graph is no different from the lower case one. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: þus the stem of thorn is usually curved and tapering with curled approach-stroke, The lobe is positioned in the middle of the stem. | | Usage: þt abbreviation of 'that' with superscript 't' positioned in the v-shaped space formed between stem and lobe. |
| Usage: nyȝ yogh used for 'gh'. | | Usage: affraieȝ yogh used for the 'z' sound of the plural. |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Tel upper case 'T' with dot decoration. | | Usage: Mi |
| Usage: Eschequer an angular shape for 'E' with hair-line connector at the head. | | Usage: It a curved and tapering stroke for 'I' with curled approach stroke and decorative red dots on the stem. |