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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-a.jpg) | Usage: an the majority of 'a's are single compartment. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-a2.jpg) | Usage: fayre however, the scribe does use double compartment 'a' on occasions, sometimes within the same word as a single compartment letter. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-a3.jpg) | Usage: marchaundis the two 'a's are represented in this word. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-a4.jpg) | Usage: And the scribe has two forms of upper case 'A' on this folio. See Wild Letter 2 version 4 for the second example. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-d.jpg) | Usage: durst looped 'd' with little variation is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-d2.jpg) | Usage: fecchid the lobe of 'd' is angular. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-d3.jpg) | Usage: fleddyn triangular lower lobe. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-d4.jpg) | Usage: cowde |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-g.jpg) | Usage: gommes 'g' is double compartment but sometimes the two compartments do not connect. This example looks like a rectangle above and a triangle below. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-g2.jpg) | Usage: kyng 'g' as the final letter of a word and the final word of the folio which may be the reason for the exggerated vertical tag on the graph. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-g3.jpg) | Usage: massengeris | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-g4.jpg) | Usage: wrong |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-h.jpg) | Usage: here 'h' may be an upright graph as seen here or it may appear to be slightly tilted as in versions three and four. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-h2.jpg) | Usage: Weschid |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-h3.jpg) | Usage: ȝhe | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-h4.jpg) | Usage: hym the limb is also at a slant in this example. |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-r.jpg) | Usage: marchaundis this form of short 'r' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-r2.jpg) | Usage: wher |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-r3.jpg) | Usage: prentice 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o' and round-bodied graphs. The otiose stroke extending from the lower left of the 'r' is as long as the descender of 'p'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-r4.jpg) | Usage: letteris a wedge-shaped appearance for the heads and feet of 'r' and 'i'. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-s.jpg) | Usage: syttyn square-shaped sigma 's' used in initial position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-s2.jpg) | Usage: schoppis long 's' is also used initially. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-s3.jpg) | Usage: p(ar)doneris a square-shaped kidney 's' is used in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-s4.jpg) | Usage: Spiceris |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-w.jpg) | Usage: went 'w' is unusual with high middle loop.The shape of the graph is very consistent. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-w2.jpg) | Usage: þorow |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-w3.jpg) | Usage: wt 'with' is contracted to 'wt' several times on this folio. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-w4.jpg) | Usage: Weschid 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/BodAshmole1468-310-y.jpg) | Usage: fayre 'y' is difficult to distinguish from thorn at times. It is usually dotted, but thorn is also dotted occasionally. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-y2.jpg) | Usage: trewely the formation of 'y' is a vertical stem with loop attached at the right. |
| Usage: wepyd 'y' is also very similar to 'p' in this example. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-y4.jpg) | Usage: Mynstrelis |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þorow the stem of thorn here is slightly longer than the 'y's seen above. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: ferþere thorn is dotted in this example. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: ȝaf yogh is used as equivalent of 'y'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: ȝhe a dialectal form of 'she' using yogh as the initial graph. |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-WL2.jpg) | Usage: Peraylid | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Ouyr |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Tho | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole1468-310-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: And the second form of upper case 'A' on this folio. |