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A |
| Usage: paper double compartment 'a' used throughout. The upper compartment is usually smaller than the lower one. | | Usage: a |
| Usage: Necessitas an 'a' from the scribe's display script for the Latin gloss. | | Usage: Ac a fairly individual upper case 'A' with headloop crossing the triangular lower lobe before resolving back to the stem. |
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D |
| Usage: dettes the lobe of 'd' may be triangular or oval in shape. | | Usage: gradde |
| Usage: dobest unlooped 'd' from the Latin gloss. | | Usage: Dankastr(e) the upper case form of 'D'. |
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G |
| Usage: grete 'g' is double compartment. | | Usage: kyng 'g' in final position with tag attached to the horizontal slash. |
| Usage: grace | | Usage: beggers |
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H |
| Usage: haiwarde the stem of 'h' is straight. The head is looped and the tail stroke curves clockwise from the limb and rests on the line. | | Usage: myghte the limb is thick and straight. |
| Usage: habet in his display script the head of 'h' is floreated. | | Usage: Haue the upper case graph is just a larger version of the lower case one. |
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R |
| Usage: ryche there is a preference to use long 'r' in all positions. In this example, the foot of 'r' rests on the line. That is because the scribe writes the rest of the text quite a way above the line. | | Usage: messager both long and short 'r's are used in final position. |
| Usage: wroth on the folio examined, 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o' and 'w'. | | Usage: peers modern 'r' in the scribe's display script. |
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S |
| Usage: safliche sigma 's' is used in both initial and final positions. | | Usage: letteres |
| Usage: sleuthe long 's' is also used in initial as well as medial positions. | | Usage: Necessitas an '8'-shaped final 's' in the scribe's display script. |
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W |
| Usage: wickede this is the shape of the scribe's lower and upper case 'w' which is used most of the time. | | Usage: ȝowe very occasionally the scribe writes a different type of 'w'. |
| Usage: wommen | | Usage: Wol |
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Y |
| Usage: hardy 'y' is mostly dotted. | | Usage: wey |
| Usage: pryue the tail is short here and sits on the line. | | Usage: synnes |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: þauh the stem of thorn is short, the graph short and squat. | | Usage: sheweþ the stem is set at an angle. Yogh is used frequently but does not always replace 'th'. |
| Usage: ȝut on the folio examined, yogh was used as equivalent to 'y'. | | Usage: ȝe |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Of | | Usage: That |
| Usage: Boþe | | Usage: Necessitas |
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Signature |
| Usage: Thom Dankastre | | |
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