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A |
| Usage: a double compartment 'a' used throughout Scribe D's manuscripts. | | Usage: lady the upper compartment is usually smaller than the lower compartment. |
| Usage: AmeN one example of this scribe's many upper case 'A's. This 'A' is often the preferred graph in glosses, particularly for 'Amans' in Confessio manuscripts. | | Usage: Ac a more usual example of 'A'. |
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D |
| Usage: dei 'd' with open centre, a frequent feature of some Scribe D manuscripts. | | Usage: 'graued looped 'd' is used throughout. |
| Usage: hadde the lower lobe may be rounded as here or more angular. | | Usage: Dobet the '2'-shaped element is always in evidence preceding 'D' and 'B' graphs. |
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G |
| Usage: graciousliche Scribe D always uses double compartment 'g'. The upper compartment is usually more rounded in aspect, the lower compartment has more of a horizintal spread, often resulting in a triangular splay. | | Usage: among final 'g' is sometimes tagged. See Wild Letter 3 for more examples of tagged graphs. |
| Usage: lenger | | Usage: g(ra)ue 'g' with 'ra' abbreviative mark above. |
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H |
| Usage: holy 'h' is usually neatly formed with tail contained below the body of the graph. | | Usage: moche Scribe D writes well above the line in this manuscript and many of the graphs, even tailed ones, sit on the line. |
| Usage: broght 'h' with counter-clockwise turn at the end of the tail. | | Usage: honorem |
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R |
| Usage: recettour long 'r' is used throughout in this manuscript in all positions. | | Usage: iaper 'r' in final position with flourish perhaps for a missing 'e'. |
| Usage: lenger the fork of 'r' is below the level of the base of surrounding graphs. | | Usage: Recorden |
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S |
| Usage: seiþ sigma 's' as well as long 's' are used in initial positions. | | Usage: arwes kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. |
| Usage: Passus long 's' is also used in medial positions. | | Usage: So |
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W |
| Usage: wake Scribe D's 'w's are neatly formed and the middle loop usually stands above the level of the elements preceding and following. | | Usage: how |
| Usage: waxe an open head to the top of the second limb. | | Usage: trewe |
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Y |
| Usage: ympe the tail of 'y' is variable in length. | | Usage: holy the left limb of 'y' tends to be almost vertical. |
| Usage: seyen here the tail of 'y' sits on the line. | | Usage: dyuyneþ |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: wiþ thorn is used frequently in all the usual words but also replaces 'th' at times. | | Usage: wynneþ |
| Usage: ȝow on the folios examined yogh is used to represent the 'y' sound and also for the 'z' sound as represented in version 4. | | Usage: laȝar |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Til Scribe D's upper case letters almost always conform to a pattern. The loop of the body of 'T' resolves on the middle vertical stroke and is rarely left open. | | Usage: Passus the stroke in the interior of 'P' is usually curved, as here. |
| Usage: I 'I' often has a short lead-in stroke joining the stem very near the head. There is almost always a single protuberance to the left of the stem. | | Usage: AmeN Scribe D has at least two forms of 'N'. This one is used rarely but does occur in the same word in his two Canterbury Tales manuscripts. |
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Tags |
| Usage: it in some of Scribe D's manuscripts tags occur frequently on 't' and 'k'. In this manuscript tagged letters do occur but they are not ubiquitous. | | Usage: countre |
| Usage: lik | | Usage: ac |