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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-a.jpg) | Usage: castel double compartment 'a' with upper compartment usually slightly smaller than the lower. The head is flat and sometimes linked by a hair-line stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-a2.jpg) | Usage: aboue the lower compartment is oval in shape. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-a3.jpg) | Usage: a | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-a4.jpg) | Usage: Ac the upper case graph has a squared off lower lobe. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-d.jpg) | Usage: do bet looped 'd' is used throughout. It has a pointed lower lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-d2.jpg) | Usage: do best |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-d3.jpg) | Usage: wold 'd' in final position with tag added to the extended loop-stroke. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-d4.jpg) | Usage: doth triangular lower lobe and oval loop. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-g.jpg) | Usage: grete 'g' is also a graph with angular aspect. The squarish upper lobe is finished with a hairline stroke across the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-g2.jpg) | Usage: strengthe the lower compartment of 'g' is frequently pointed at the left side. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-g3.jpg) | Usage: leryng the upper compartment is squarish in shape. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-g4.jpg) | Usage: Godfray |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-h.jpg) | Usage: his 'h' has a triangular head-loop and leans slightly to the right. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-h2.jpg) | Usage: dwellith 'h' is often crossed when it follows 't', (though see version 4). |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-h3.jpg) | Usage: wyght 'h' is also crossed in this combination. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-h4.jpg) | Usage: rathe |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-r.jpg) | Usage: rathe long 'r' is used initially and medially. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-r2.jpg) | Usage: hir modern 'r' is used in both medial and final positions. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-r3.jpg) | Usage: proud 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o' and round-bodied graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-r4.jpg) | Usage: or modern 'r' in final position. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-s.jpg) | Usage: sones both sigma and long 's' are used in initial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-s2.jpg) | Usage: is kidney-shaped 's' is used in final position. Most 's's in final position on this folio have the curved otiose stroke as an addition. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-s3.jpg) | Usage: sire long 's' in initial position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-s4.jpg) | Usage: visione the head of long 's' is closed in this example, forming a loop. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-w.jpg) | Usage: wille the left limb of 'w' is usually a separate entity. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-w2.jpg) | Usage: knoweth both limbs are very upright. The head-loops extend quite a way above the 'B'-shaped element to the right. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-w3.jpg) | Usage: wt | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-w4.jpg) | Usage: What the upper case graph is exactly the same as the lower case one. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-y.jpg) | Usage: Syre the left limb of 'y' is vertical. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-y2.jpg) | Usage: away the tail-stroke does not vary very much in curvature or length. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-y3.jpg) | Usage: ysette | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-y4.jpg) | Usage: thynges the tail of 'y' is often short. |
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Thorn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þt thorn is indistinguishable from 'y'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þat |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: noȝt only one yogh on the folio examined. | | |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-WL2.jpg) | Usage: In | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Passus |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Godfray | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/CottonCaligula-A-XI-209r-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Ac |