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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-a.jpg) | Usage: mayst almost no variation from this letter shape which is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-a2.jpg) | Usage: sup(er)ba two compartment 'a' used in titles. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-a3.jpg) | Usage: Cam shortened version of 'Capitulum' in rubric. | | |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-d.jpg) | Usage: þider the formation of 'd' is also almost invariable. The scribal hand is extremely controlled and even. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-d2.jpg) | Usage: duelle |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-d3.jpg) | Usage: feeld(es) 'd' with 'es' abbreviation attached. The scribe uses this abbreviation several times on this folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-d4.jpg) | Usage: tourned 'd' in final position with tail. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-g.jpg) | Usage: nought tailed 'g' used throughout. The tail may vary in length. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-g2.jpg) | Usage: chau(n)gen |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-g3.jpg) | Usage: chau(n)gyng sometimes the scribe continues the tail round to link up with the upper lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-g4.jpg) | Usage: to(ur)ny(n)g final 'g' with macron above to stand for missing 'n'. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-h.jpg) | Usage: hande the head-stroke of 'h' is gently curved, resolving on the top of the shoulder. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-h2.jpg) | Usage: shuldest the tail curves gently clockwise. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-h3.jpg) | Usage: shoueth 'h' is crossed when in final position following 't' in 'th' combination. | | |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-r.jpg) | Usage: aspre modern 'r' used in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-r2.jpg) | Usage: arresten the stem is set at an angle. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-r3.jpg) | Usage: fortune 'z'-shaped 'r' only used after 'o'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-r4.jpg) | Usage: hir 'r' with flourish in final position. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-s.jpg) | Usage: seyles kidney shaped 's' is used in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-s2.jpg) | Usage: self long 's' in initial position. Long 's' is used as both initial and medial letter form. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-s3.jpg) | Usage: sup(er)ba display letter used in a heading. | | |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-w.jpg) | Usage: oþ(er)while rounded 'w' with closed head-loops. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-w2.jpg) | Usage: Ewripe |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-w3.jpg) | Usage: wyndis the 'double-v' formation is visible in this graph. | | |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-y.jpg) | Usage: thyne the tail of 'y' varies in length and curvature. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-y2.jpg) | Usage: mayst |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-y3.jpg) | Usage: mynde tail of 'y' varies according to space. | | |
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Abbreviations |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: chau(n)gen instead of a macron, the scribe sometimes uses a flourish attached to the letter to indicate the missing letter, even as here, in the middle of a word. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: seed(es) abbreviation for plural ending 'is/es'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: man(er)e 'er' abbreviation in the middle of the word 'man(er)e'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: to(ur)ny(n)g with 'ur' and macron abbreviations. |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Ewripe upper case letters, as here 'E', are tipped with red. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Glose |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley2421-24v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: O | | Usage: Cam |