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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-a.jpg) | Usage: mayde lower case 'a'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-a2.jpg) | Usage: And upper case 'A', used for the word 'And' as here and also for the indefinite article. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-a3.jpg) | Usage: And letter tipped with red ink as are all letters at the beginning of lines. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-a4.jpg) | Usage: Alma a double compartment 'a' which appears in the opening rubric. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-d.jpg) | Usage: lord unlooped 'd' used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-d2.jpg) | Usage: Doune there appears to be no distinction between lower and upper case 'd'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-d3.jpg) | Usage: redemptoris 'd' as it appears in the formal hand of the rubric. | | |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-g.jpg) | Usage: gost squat tailed secretary 'g'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-g2.jpg) | Usage: Through the combination 'gh'. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-g3.jpg) | Usage: gret there is hardly a tail at all on 'g' just a sort of squiggle turning counter-clockwise. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-g4.jpg) | Usage: Gydeth upper case letter tipped with red. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-h.jpg) | Usage: humblenesse the scribe's regular form of 'h' with looped head crossing the top of the shoulder. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-h2.jpg) | Usage: how 'h' with tail-stroke turned to the right is used as an upper case letter and also in the first two lines of the text. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-h3.jpg) | Usage: Help the word occurs at the beginning of a line of verse. All initial letters are tipped with red. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-h4.jpg) | Usage: light 'ght' combination. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-r.jpg) | Usage: ride the single example of long 'r' on this folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-r2.jpg) | Usage: faders the single example of modern 'r' also. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-r3.jpg) | Usage: pray 'z'-shaped 'r' used on almost every occasion and in every position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-r4.jpg) | Usage: Raueshed upper case 'R'. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-s.jpg) | Usage: meruelous kidney-shaped 's' always used in final positions. Here the word is the last word in the line and the 's' has a descending vertical tag. The scribe appears to observe a rule whereby he only uses a tag if the word is in final position in the line. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-s2.jpg) | Usage: so this 's' looks like an upper case letter and frequently stands above the letters which follow. It is only used in initial position and looks like a variant of the 6-shaped 's'. The scribe appears to have a slightly different version for upper case as in version 4. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-s3.jpg) | Usage: scole long 's' is also used both initially and medially. The characteristic shape of 's' and 'f' is of a fat body for the stem with tapering ends. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-s4.jpg) | Usage: Susteyned upper case 'S' at the beginning of a line. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-w.jpg) | Usage: weyke 'w' when used initially almost always has a curved lead-in stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-w2.jpg) | Usage: downe the only 'w' used in medial position on this folio. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-w3.jpg) | Usage: how 'w' in final position. | | |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-y.jpg) | Usage: yere the tail of 'y' is short and rarely curves more than in this example. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-y2.jpg) | Usage: opyn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-y3.jpg) | Usage: may | | |
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Thorn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þrough | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: moneþes thorn used in the middle of a word. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: þer(abbreviation)fore | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: þat thorn tipped with red as the first letter of a line. |
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I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-WL2.jpg) | Usage: I upper case 'I' shaped like a number 7. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: I |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Harley1704-28-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Iurye | | |